Plate 11: Ferdinand greeted by the Elector of Cologne; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 14 11/16 × 10 3/8 in. (37.3 × 26.3 cm)
Classification
Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.7411
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1636, this engraving captures a grand ceremonial moment from the life of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of, younger brother of Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II. Titled *Plate 11: Ferdinand by the Elector of*, it depicts the Spanish Infante's warm reception by Ferdinand of Bavaria, Elector of Cologne, during his triumphant journey through the Holy Roman Empire amid the Thirty Years' War Part of Guillielmus Becanus's illustrated book *Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis*, the scene brims with Baroque splendor—men on horseback, spears aloft, symbolizing alliance and martial glo...