• Jean-Gaspard Gevaerts (1593–1666). Pompa introitus honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi Austriaci Hispaniarum Infantis S.R.E. Card. belgarum et burgundion um gubernatoris, etc. a S.P.Q. Antverp.… Antwerp: Excudebat Ioannes Meursius ... : Veneunt exemplaria apud Theod. a Tulden, qui iconum tabulas ex archetypis Rubenianis delineauit et scalpsit [sic], [1641].

Curatorial note:

No expense was spared to commemorate the “joyous entry” of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain, the new regent of the Spanish Netherlands, into Antwerp in 1635. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), one of the most acclaimed painters of the era, designed the series of triumphal arches and other temporary architecture through which the regent’s party processed while entertained by tableaux-vivants, specially commissioned music at outdoor stages, and a display of fireworks. The multi-media spectacle was later recorded in this sumptuous festival book. Commissioned by the city of Antwerp, its thirty-eight full- and double-page prints by Theodor van Tulden (1606–1669), after the original oil sketches by Rubens, are accompanied by an erudite Latin commentary from Jan Caspar Gevaerts, a respected scholar and city official. Gevaerts’s flattering comparison of Ferdinand, recent victor at the battle of Nördlingen, with Caesar Augustus was part of the city’s campaign to maintain a good relationship with its new Habsburg “protector.”

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Title:
  • Pompa introitus honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi Austriaci Hispaniarum Infantis ... : a S.P.Q. Antuerp. decreta et adornata ... XV. kal. Maii, ann. M. DC. XXXV / arcus, pegmata, inconesq[ue] à Pet. Pavlo Rvbenio, Equite, inuentas & delineatas inscriptionibus & elogiis ornabat, libroq[ue] commentario illustrabat Casperivs Gevartivs ... ; accessit Lavrea Calloana, eodem auctore descripta ; iconum tabulas ex archetijpis Rubenianis delineauit et scalpsit [sic] Theod. à Tulden
Language:
  • Latin
Call number:
  • Oversize ND673.R9 G46 1641e
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • [12], 189, [13] p., 38 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map, port. ; 56 cm.
Format:
  • Book
Type:
  • Festival books
  • Engravings
  • Birds's-eye views
Description:
  • Printer and date from colophon.
  • Signatures: [star]-4 [star], A-4I, all 1 leaf each.
  • Plates numbered 3-42. Sequence includes the engraved illustrated t.p., and the plate preceding leaf A. Plates numbered 17-19 and 20-22 form two continuous leaves.
  • SAX copy: Purchased with a gift from Charles Scribner III '73, PhD '77, in honor of John Rupert Martin PhD '47.
Publisher:
  • Antuerpiae : Excudebat Ioannes Meursius ... : Veneunt exemplaria apud Theod. a Tulden, qui iconum tabulas ex archetypis Rubenianis delineauit et scalpsit, M.DC.XLI [1641]
Subject:
  • Fernando, Infante of Spain, 1609-1641
  • Visits of state—Belgium—Antwerp
  • Festival books—Belgium—17th century
  • Engravings—Belgium—17th century
  • Birds's-eye views—Belgium—Antwerp—17th century
Title sort:
  • Pompa introitus honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi Austriaci Hispaniarum Infantis ... : a S.P.Q. Antuerp. decreta et adornata ... XV. kal. Maii, ann. M. DC. XXXV / arcus, pegmata, inconesq[ue] à Pet. Pavlo Rvbenio, Equite, inuentas & delineatas inscriptionibus & elogiis ornabat, libroq[ue] commentario illustrabat Casperivs Gevartivs ... ; accessit Lavrea Calloana, eodem auctore descripta ; iconum tabulas ex archetijpis Rubenianis delineauit et scalpsit [sic] Theod. à Tulden.
Spatial:
  • Belgium
Binding note:
  • SAX copy: Vellum, with gilt panels and gilt lozenges.
Created:
  • 1641-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1641
Location:
  • SAX Oversize ND673.R9 G46 1641e
  • SAX Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 Oversize ND673.R9 G46 1641e
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/6108vg205
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Alternative:
  • Pompa introitvs honori Ferdinandi Avstriaci Hispaniarvm Infantis
Metal engraver:
  • Tulden, Théodore van, -1645
Creator:
  • Gevaerts, Jean-Gaspard, 1593-1666
Author:
  • Gevaerts, Jean-Gaspard, 1593-1666
Illustrator:
  • Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
References:
  • Lipperheideschen Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.) Sd20
Provenance:
  • SAX copy: Bookplate of Paul and Marianne Gouray Collection of Illustrated Fete Books.
Range label:
  • Logical
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