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Portal / Sword with scales
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Portal / Sword with scales

anonymous · 1666 · letterpress printing; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Two emblems. Above a portal. Below a sword with its handle upright on a stone. On the tip of the sword a balance scale. These are the devices of Pope Gregory XIII (above) and Sixtus V (below).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit linePortaal / Zwaard met weegschaal. 1666. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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