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Pius V
Pope Pius V, contemporary medallion; in the coin collection of the Vatican Library.
Leonard von Matt
Philips Galle: Kroning van Cosimo de' Medici in 1569
Kroning van Cosimo de' Medici in 1569, engraving on paper, by Philips Galle,...
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam