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Spectacle with a ship with fireworks and the Pillars of Hercules
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Spectacle with a ship with fireworks and the Pillars of Hercules

Jacob Neefs · 1636 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Spectacle with a ship with fireworks, firing cannons and the Pillars of Hercules. Print is part of a series illustrating the publication of the description of the entry of Cardinal Infant Ferdinand of Austria in Ghent on 28 January 1635 as the new Governor of the Spanish Netherlands.

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Credit lineSpektakel met schip met vuurwerk en de zuilen van Hercules. 1636. Jacob Neefs. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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