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Johannes Meursius

Plate 36: Triumphal arch, surmounted with a portrait bust of Ferdinand, flanked by sculptures of Apollo and Diana; ornamented with allegorical scenes below; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'

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49 × 38.5 cm (19.3 × 15.2 in)

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