Arcus Lusitanici Pars Anterior (BM 1884,0112.41)

Plate 10: The Arch of the Portuguese: Front Face; two-tiered structure with a portal framed by Corinthian columns flanked by narrow wings; the large painting on upper central tympanum depicting Philip IV , King of Spain, dispatching his brother Ferdinand to liberate Germany; flanked on either side by a balustrade with armed children riding sea-horses, armour and two bound captives; above two winged female figures bear standards and support the imperial escutcheon at centre; the royal portraits in lower niches flanking archway represent Philip II, King of Spain and Portugal, and Emanuel I, King of Portugal; after Ludovicus Nonnius; unsigned; illustration for Gaspar Gevaerts' "Pompa Introitus" (Antwerp, 1641)
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