Theodoor van Thulden
Flemish, c. 1606-1669
Genealogical Tree of the Austrian Royal Family, plate 32 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand)
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Theodoor van Thulden
Flemish, c. 1606-16691642
Genealogical Tree of the Austrian Royal Family, plate 32 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand)
Theodoor van Thulden Flemish, c. 1606-1669 →engravingpaper
Date
1642
Medium
Engraving, with etching and plate tone, in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 41.5 × 28.7 cm (16 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.); Sheet: 55.7 × 38.8 cm (21 15/16 × 15 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Joseph Brooks Fair and Hannan funds
The series of prints issued to commemorate Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand’s triumphal entry into Antwerp included not only representations of the temporary architecture that was erected for that procession, but also this genealogical tree, which further asserted Ferdinand’s right to rule through dynastic accession.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Stage in Memory of Isabella Clara Eugenia, plate 24 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand)
Theodoor van Thulden (Flemish, c. 1606-1669) after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Philip IV Appointing Prince Ferdinand Governor of the Netherlands, plate 25 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi (Triumphal Entry of the Most Serene and Honorable Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand)
Theodoor van Thulden (Flemish, c. 1606-1669) after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
