Artist: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577 -1640)

Item Title:

The Decorations for the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi.

Author:

Martin, Jean Rupert

ISBN:

0174814334

Item Number:

Part XVI

Imprint:

London : Phaidon ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Praeger, 1972.

Language:

English

Size:

27 cm

Pages:

278

Illustrations:

114 b&w; color map

Concordance:

No

Bibliography:

Yes

Index:

Yes

Exhibition List:

No

Chronology:

No

Content Note:

Preliminary materials include the author's preface, and an introduction divided into four sections dealing with Antwerp and Infante Ferdinand (the future Archduke), the preparations for the ceremony, the Introitus itself, and sequel.

The third chapter describes the triumphal entry decorations in detail (combining a narrative of the procession with a catalogue raisonné), as well as a discussion of iconographic and historical issues.

Catalogue entries give title of the display, references, comments, supporting documentation (i.e sketches, copies, etc.), and provenance.

Appendices provide specific references for the stages and triumphal arches designed by Rubens, as well as the inscriptions found on them. Several comprehensive indices provide keys to the contents: collections, subjects, other works by Rubens mentioned in the text.

Individual Entries Contain:

Provenance; Bibliog.; Comments

Public Note:

This volume covers Rubens' designs for triumphal arches and other decorations for the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi, celebrations in honor of the entry of the Archduke Ferdinand into Antwerp in 1635.

This volume is available through the Corpus Rubenianum website as a downloadable and searchable PDF file (See Full Text link on this Page).

It has also been augmented with further information from the RKD Image database (i.e. provenance, references, illustrations) which became available since publication in 1972.