Plate 15: the marriage of the archduke philip the fair and joanna of castille; at the centre, beneath an arch through which the sky is visible, philip presents joanna to the personification of time and juno, with her peacock by her side; juno offers the wedded pair an orb, symbolic of the dominions that will eventually fall to philip; a young hymen looks up at philip, guiding the way with his torch; cybele follows behind in shadow at left; and a winged cupid carries the infanta's train; after peter paul rubens; illustration for gaspar gevaerts' "pompa introitus" (antwerp, 1641)
etching. Date: 1635-1641 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 255 mm (plate-mark); Height: 649 mm (sheet); Width: 293 mm; Width: 543 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaspar Gevaerts. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM 1884,0112.46)
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