Mercury Departs from Antwerp; Entry of Ferdinand into Antwerp in 1635 (no. 34)

Mercury leaves Antwerp. Due to war and the closure of the Scheldt, trade in Antwerp is threatened with collapse. Mercury with the sleeping river god of the Scheldt on the left, and the city maid of Antwerp on the right. With a three-line Latin inscription. The central scene on the stage of Mercury, erected on the Sint-Jansbrug. Marked top left: pag. 147B. Plate no. 34 in a set of 43 plates illustrating the publication describing the entry of Cardinal-Infant Ferdinand of Austria into Antwerp on 17 April 1635 as the new Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands.