Faith and a female personification of the papacy before a small church; above them the dove of the Holy Spirit dispersing seven sacred gifts: fear, knowledge, council, wisdom, understanding, strength and piety. Coloured etching.

A table of conceded years of Indulgence for the period of the Passion, surrounding the monogram of Jesus and surrounded by little angels, one of whom carries the attributes of the papacy. Engraving by A. Schmutzer and J. Schmutzer.

Above, a seated woman representing Latium (Lazio) or Rome; below, a triton, a river god and a winged woman, representing the Tiber. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1671.

The triumph of the arts through the patronage of Francesco Maria Febei. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-.

Pietro Paolo Sarpi. Mezzotint by W. Dickinson, 1777, after F. Zucchero.

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