Print, book-illustration, Theodoor van Thulden, 1635-1641 (c.)

Plate 21: maximilian ii and rudolph ii with vesta and mercury; at centre stands the statue of maximilian ii, crowned and wearing a suit of half armour beneath his mantle; he holds a sceptre and an orb; at far left rudolph ii, crowned with a laurel wreath, also holds a sceptre and an orb surmounted by a cross; between them stands the term of mercury wearing a winged helmet and holding the caduceus; at the left stands statue of vesta, grasping flames; unsigned; after peter paul rubens; illustration for gaspar gevaerts' "pompa introitus" (antwerp, 1641) etching. Date: 1635-1641 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 309 mm (plate-mark); Height: 649 mm (sheet); Width: 383 mm; Width: 543 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaspar Gevaerts. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM 1884,0112.52)