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Johannes Meursius

Plate 27: Triumphal arch, elevation of the back, surmounted by allegorical figures and decorated with scenes from Roman mythology and history; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'

1636
Engraving
52.9 × 32.5 cm (20.8 × 12.8 in)

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