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Johannes Meursius

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...'

1636
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45 × 32.7 cm (17.7 × 12.9 in)

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