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Jacob Neeffs|Johannes Meursius

Plate 34: King Ferdinand as Neptune, seated on a whale at center, with putti atop two small fish on either side; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'

1636
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30.5 × 39 cm (12 × 15.4 in)

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