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Anton van der Does|Johannes Meursius

Plate 21: Emperor Charles V being offered the keys of Saxony and Hesse; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'

1636
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39.3 × 30.4 cm (15.5 × 12 in)

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