Plate 29: the triumph of prince ferdinand; a triumphal procession passes by with the cardinal-infante ferdinand, holding a staff and with his profile encircled by a halo of radiant light, in his chariot drawn by white horses at right; a flying winged victory extends a laurel wreath over his head; soldiers surround the quadriga, bearing standards and spoils of war; in the right foreground two bound prisoners are led by a soldier holding aloft a military standard surmounted by a wreath with the monogram for ferdinand; in the background the turretted head of nördlingen, the emblem of the city, is carried before the carriage; another winged victory flies above, holding a trophy in one hand and palm branch in the other, with her arm wrapped around hope flying alongside; after peter paul rubens; illustration for gaspar gevaerts' "pompa introitus" (antwerp, 1641)
etching. Date: 1635-1641 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 310 mm (plate-mark); Height: 649 mm (sheet); Width: 263 mm; Width: 543 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaspar Gevaerts. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM 1884,0112.60)
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