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...'
Object type: Print, Fete, Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Johannes Meursius
Artist bio: Flemish, active 1620–47
Artist role: Publisher
Artist nationality: Flemish
Date: 1636
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 17 11/16 × 12 7/8 in. (45 × 32.7 cm)
Classification: Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Antwerp     
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951
Tags: Architecture|Coat of Arms