File:Neptune and the whale Antwerp 1582.jpg

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English: Engraving of ceremonial float depicting Neptune riding on the back of a whale. Used in pageants for Francois, duke of Anjou, 1582 and for Alessandro Farnese, 1585, on their visits to the city.
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Author Anonymous. Published Antwerp, L'imprimerie de Christophie Plantin, 1582

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