To be compared with the picture, signed and dated 1644, offered in the Leningrad Museum sale, Berlin, 6 November 1928, lot 400, and with the picture formerly in the collection of R. Bentley, London (photographs in the R.K.D.). On the basis of the date, 1644, W. van de Watering identified the scene as the Entry into Antwerp of Don Manuel de Moura, Marquess of Castel Rodrigo. However comparison of portraits of the Cardinal Infant (see F. Huemer, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, ....) suggests that he is to be identified as riding the grey in the present picture. No doubt his Entry, famed for Rubens's endeavour that embellished it, was celebrated long after the event.

Ferdinand, Cardinal Infant of Spain (1609-1641) was the third son of King Philip II. In 1619 he became archbishop of Toledo and later Cardinal. In 1633 Philips IV appointed him as the succesor to Archduchess Isabella as the Regent of the Netherlands. His official Entry in Antwerp took place on 17 April 1635

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