An enclosure was originally a religious procession in the Southern Netherlands. The name originally means "to go around [the church or the town]"; it was about the worship of a saint.
Here the circumambulation of Brabant Antwerp is depicted. Although at the time the city was situated in the Duchy of Brabant, it now falls under the part of Belgium called Flanders with its own province.
The whale or dolphin as in the circumambulation of Antwerp originates from the depiction of the biblical scene of Jonas and the whale. Some have traced the "ship of war" back to the portrayal of the miraculous fishing. It used to be fishermen's or skippers' children who manned the "ship of war".
The print gives a vivid picture of how a colourful collection passes by the houses on the Meir. Some of the cars depict legendary scenes, with the giant Antigone standing out in the limelight. Furthermore, Neptune is sitting on a fish and a number of mermaids can be seen on the back.
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