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Eleazar and Matthan in a half roundel. Engraving by A. Cunego after A. de Angelis after Michelangelo.

Jacob and Joseph with their sons in a half roundel in the Vatican. Engraving by A. Cunego (?) after A. de Angelis (?) after Michelangelo.

Il Vaticano.

Studi sull'umanesimo e rinascimento medico : gli archiatri pontifici toscani dal secolo XIII al secolo XVII / Gian Piero della Capanna.

The Vatican viewed from the surrounding countryside. Engraving by S. Middiman, 1764, after R. Wilson.

Des Nobel au Vatican : la fondation de l'Académie pontificale des sciences / Régis Ladous.

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Il Vaticano.

Studi sull'umanesimo e rinascimento medico : gli archiatri pontifici toscani dal secolo XIII al secolo XVII / Gian Piero della Capanna.

The Vatican viewed from the surrounding countryside. Engraving by S. Middiman, 1764, after R. Wilson.

Des Nobel au Vatican : la fondation de l'Académie pontificale des sciences / Régis Ladous.

Eleazar and Matthan in a half roundel. Engraving by A. Cunego after A. de Angelis after Michelangelo.