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Johannes Meursius

Plate 19: Triumphal arch, elevation of the front, surmounted by a cloud bearing Ferdinand and royal ancestors; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'

1636
Engraving
51.2 × 31.6 cm (20.2 × 12.4 in)

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