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Joâo Curvo Semmedo. Line engraving by A. van Westerhout, 1705, after F. da Costa.

A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.

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Orazi, Andrea Antonio, 1670-approximately 1749

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Joâo Curvo Semmedo. Line engraving by A. van Westerhout, 1705, after F. da Costa.

A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.