Plate 40: Design for festival architecture honoring the Spanish Prince Ferdinand's triumphal entry into the city of Ghent, January 28, 1635; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 17 11/16 × 12 7/8 in. (45 × 32.7 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
51.501.7436
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Johannes Meursius · 1600–1699
**Johannes Meursius** was a Flemish publisher and printmaker active in Antwerp from around 1620 to 1647. Little is known of his early life or training, but he established himself as a key figure in the production of high-quality engravings during the Baroque period. Working in the vibrant artistic center of Antwerp, he commissioned and published series of prints that captured elaborate public spec...