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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory" class="extiw" title="en:Allegory">Allegory</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication" class="extiw" title="en:Abdication">Abdication</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="extiw" title="en:Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Emperor Charles V</a> in Brussels. In the middle Charles V is seated on his thrown flanked by his successors <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="extiw" title="en:Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor">Ferdinand I</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" class="extiw" title="en:Philip II of Spain">Philip II</a>. In front of Philip the personifications of the territories of the Empire with their banners are kneeling down. In the foreground the personifications of the continents, America, Africa, Europe and Asia, are offering gifts. Left <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="en:Neptune (mythology)">Neptune</a> is riding his seahorse-drawn Triumphal chariot, accompanied by mermen, mermaids, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="en:Triton (mythology)">tritons</a>, etc. On the chariot a globe and the two columns with a banderole inscribed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_ultra_(motto)" class="extiw" title="en:Plus ultra (motto)">Plus Ultra</a>.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Frans_Francken_the_Younger" class="extiw" title="w:en:Frans Francken the Younger"><span title="Flemish painter (1581–1642)">Frans Francken the Younger</span></a>
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