facade of the Beguinage church in Mechelen, started in 1629 and completed around 1645 by Lucas Faydherbe. The front facade, which he copied in the church of the Holy Trinity in Brussels, is similar to the Jesuit church and to Cobergher's Augustine church in Antwerp. The architect Lucas Faydherbe of Mechelen was also inspired by this facade in his design for the Basilica of Our Lady of Hanswijk in Mechelen. The interior of which is characterized by the round-arched arcades with Corinthian pilasters supporting an entablature, as in the Our Lady of Saint Peter's Church in Ghent designed by Huyssens. Franquart contributed to the extension of the church of Our Lady by the Dijle in Mechelen, by adding a choir chapel and two side chapels as a continuation of the 16th-century choir (executed from 1642 to 1652). Through these designs, Franquart was, together with Cobergher, Aguilonius and Huyssens, one of the foremost church architects in the Southern Netherlands in the early 17th century, by pioneering the introduction and dissemination of the Roman early Baroque style. His style, sometimes referred to as the Italo-Flemish style, became very popular in Flanders in the 17th century. Ephemeral designs As a leading court artist, Franquart was often tasked with designing ephemeral decorations and structures for important occasions at the court. He designed the various decorations and monumental, ephemeral architecture and structures for the funeral of Archduke Albert held in the church of Saint Gudula in Brussels on 12 March 1622. He also designed the catafalque below which the body of the Archduchess Isabella Clara was laid in the Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg/church of St. Jacob-on-Koudenberg in Brussels during her funeral ceremony on 3 March 1634. A print of the catafalque made by Cornelis Galle the Elder shows the body of the Archduchess in the habit of the Poor Clares laid out in a four-poster bed, her crown beside her on the pillow. The catafalque is richly decorated with lit candles and flags with Isabella's monogram. Franquart designed the festive architecture in honor of the Joyous Entry into Ghent on 26 January 1635 of the Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria. He was invited to do so by the local magistrates of Ghent. The event itself was organized by the Jesuit College which provided research into emblems, allegories and classical Humanism to build the image of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria and to link him