A firework display at the entry of Ferdinand Infante of Spain into Ghent, 1636. Etching.

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[1636]
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32746i
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The Cardinal Infante Fernando (Ferdinand of Austria) was Governor of the Spanish Netherlands

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[Antwerp] : [J. Meursius], [1636]

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1 print : etching ; image 30.8 x 42.8 cm

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Surgere quæ rutilo spectas incendia coelo Fernandi succendit amor. Bears number: 41

References note

Kevin Salatino, Incendiary art: the representation of fireworks in early modern Europe, Los Angeles 1997, pp. 35-36

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Wellcome Collection 32746i

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