Audience given by Pope Pius V to Cosimo I, Duke of Tuscany

Vatican Reception of the Duke of Tuscany, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Attributed to Etienne DuPérac, Attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Council of Trent, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, Claudio Duchetti

Banquet of the Piacevoli

Etched by Stefano della Bella, Dedicated to Cardinal Gian Carlo de' Medici Bishop of Sabina

Plate G: Election and Coronation of Emperor Maximilian II

Anonymous, German, 17th century, Johann Bringern, Willhelm Hoffmans

A Papal Gathering in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo's Last Judgement on the back wall; the crowd looks on through a screen, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla, Antonio Lafreri

The Princely Meal (Die Fürstliche Mahlzeit), from a series depicting the wedding of Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Pfalz-Neuberg, Pfalzgraf, and Magdalena, Duchess of Bavaria, in Munich, 1613 (Plate 7)

Wilhelm Peter Zimmermann

Seating Arrangement of the Chevaliers of the Order of the Holy Spirit

Abraham Bosse, Melchior Tavernier

Banquet of the Piacevoli, Medici coat of arms at top center

Stefano della Bella

A Gathering in a Church

Sébastien Leclerc I

La Condamnation a Mort (The Condemnation to Death), from "La Grande Passion" (The Large Passion)

Jacques Callot

La Condamnation a Mort (The Condemnation to Death), from "La Grande Passion" (The Large Passion)

Jacques Callot

Ontvangst van Prins Willem V en Wilhelmina van Pruisen in de Raadzaal van het Stadhuis van Amsterdam

Reinier Vinkeles (I)