Island of Candia in the Mediterranean Sea, Jacob Peeters, circa 1665

Title-page with title lettered on a cloth held by a sword-bearing infidel at right, trampling over a cross and a bible, and by the the figure of fides (faith) (?) at left, holding a chalice and trampling over infidels; the map of crete represented on the cloth, surmounted with the coat of arms of the pope innocent xi. C. 1665 engraving and etching. Date: circa 1665. Dimensions: Height: 121 mm; Width: 267 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Pope Innocent XI. Collection: British Museum. Insula di Candia del Mare Mediteranea (BM 2AA+,a.43.76)

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Author: Coenraed Lauwers (–1685) After Jan Peeters the Elder (1624–)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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