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[edit]Arcus Philippei Pars Posterior
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Print made by: Theodoor van Thulden
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| Title |
Arcus Philippei Pars Posterior |
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| Description |
English: Plate 14: The Arch of Philip: The Rear Face; this etching depicts a two-tiered structure with a great central portral and smaller flanking portals, interspersed with Composite columns and backed by pilasters supporting the entablature above; the painted centrepiece set within the tympanum depicts the marriage between Philip the Fair and Joanna of Castille; flanked on either side by a blazing torch and a satyr astride a dolphin; surmounted by a personification of the Austrian monarchy seated in majesty and carrying a caduceus, poppies and grain in her left hand; with right hand she inserts cross-sceptre of Christianity into a globe, symbolic of the orbis terrarum, offered by a kneeling winged genius; she is encircled by the zodiac, with star of Heperus shining above; to the left stands Apollo bearing the sun and the banner of Portugal, and beside him a seated personification of India Orientalis holding a cornucopia; to the right Luna presents the moon and holds up the banner of Castile, and beside her sits the personfication of India Occidentalis spilling coins from her horn of plenty; six portraits of the Austrian monarchy adorn the lower tier: at upper left and right appear King Ferdinand II of Aragón and Queen Isabella of Castille; the previous governors of the Spanish Netherlands on the gallery over the arch include the Archdukes Albert and Isabella, and at lower left and right, the Archduke Ernest and Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, respectively; at the centre above the portal stands a statue of Hymen; flanking the centre plaque above are two cornucopias from which emerge the heads of the sons and daughters of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella; after Peter Paul Rubens; illustration for Gaspar Gevaerts' "Pompa Introitus" (Antwerp, 1641)
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| Depicted people | Illustration to: Gaspar Gevaerts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1635-1641 (c.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
1884,0112.45 |
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| Notes |
One of a series of forty-three plates illustrating Gaspar Gevaerts' "Pompa Introitus"; for additional comments see 1884,0112.31. Similar to the front façacde (1884,0112.43), this work depicts the rear façade of the arch dedicated to Philip (facing north and looking on to the Meir). It commemorates the marriages which brought Spain under the governance of the Austrian monarchy. Jacob Jordaens and Cornelis de Vos executed the paintings after Rubens' designs for the arch decorations. Although Rubens' sketches for the two faces of the Arch of Philip have disappeared, replicas of the modelli from his studio (now in the Rubenshuis) indicate that changes were introduced into the actual construction of the decoration. The addition of pedestals to raise the allegorical figures surmounting the arch suggests that Van Thulden executed his etching after a subsequent design by Rubens. Lit.: John Rupert Martin, The Decorations for the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi, Corpus Rubenianum XVI, London, 1972, cat. 13a-20, pp. 90-100. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1884-0112-45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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