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20 Theodoor van Thulden, after Peter Paul Rubens, Laurea Calloana, 1642, copperplate, in: Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi, Antwerpen 1642, Print Collection, Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp. In 1641, the city magistracy of Antwerp decided to include a print after Rubens’ sketch for The Triumphal Chariot of Kallo as an appendix in the richly illustrated memorial book of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand’s Joyous Entry in 1635: Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi, Antwerp 1642. The print, Laurea Calloana, was engraved by Theodoor van Thulden who also made the engravings to illustrate the rest of the book. Accompanying the print in the appendix is a text describing the significance of Rubens’ design. The engraving appears to be an exact copy of Rubens’ oil sketch and it is therefore highly probable that the actual sketch served as model for Van Thulden. Comparing the engraving and the sketch, we see that Van Thulden has added a pair of horses, has set the grenade on the pedestal and has introduced a view of the Kallo battlefield. Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi was printed in Antwerp in 1642. (26)
THE ANTWERP OMMEGANG The Ommegang had been an important event in the ecclesiastical year from as early as the Middle Ages. The oldest description of the annual procession is found in a document dating from 1324 and held in the Antwerp City Archives; it shows that Ommegangen were already being held in Antwerp at the beginning of the fourteenth century. In the earliest processions, saints’ relics were carried around the church and through the streets. Initially, religious themes took the central place in the Ommegang, but gradually evolved into profane themes. One example of this is The Whale: originally accompanied by Jonah, it came later to be accompanied by Neptune, god of the sea. Another example concerns the Biblical theme of the giant Goliath, which, during the sixteenth century, became transformed into the city giant Druon Antigoon. (27)
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Page 3 and 4: Bredael give a detailed picture of
Page 5 and 6: HISTORICAL CONTEXT: THE VICTORY AT
Page 7 and 8: 3 Cornelis Galle the Younger, after
Page 9 and 10: 5 17th-century Matchlock Musket, Vl
Page 11 and 12: 7 Commemorative coin marking the vi
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Page 15 and 16: 11 Text of The Song of Kallo. The j
Page 17 and 18: The scene to the right symbolises P
Page 19 and 20: 14 Wierix ( attributed to), The Tri
Page 21 and 22: 16 Pieter van der Borcht, after a d
Page 23 and 24: 18 Rubens Chariot, print, 1840, Pri
Page 25 and 26: 19 Peter Paul Rubens, The Triumphal
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Page 31 and 32: 22 Alexander van Bredael, Tradition
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