Serenissimi principis Ferdinandi Hispaniarum infantis S.R.E. cardinalis triumphalis introitus in Flandriae metropolim Gandauum
This 1636 Antwerp book, printed by Ioannis Meursius and written by Guillaume van der Beke, records the triumphal entry of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain into Ghent for an audience of Flemish civic and courtly readers. Its engravings are sober black-and-white plates showing processional arches, mythological allegory and classical battle scenes with dense crowds and figures; a designer might borrow their baroque framing, ornate cartouches and the way cherubs and allegorical figures fill curved tops of compositions.
