Vatican Collection

Michelangelo (1475-1564). Sistine Chapel. The Last Judgement. 1537-1541. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Palaces. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Fresco

Augustus Prima Porta. Vatican Museums
Augustus (61 BC-14 AD). First roman emperor. Marble statue of Augustus of Prima Porta. (1st century) in the role of commander of the army. Vatican Museums. Vatican City State

Michelangelo (1475-1564). Pieta. 1498-1499. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Sculpture on marble. VATICAN CITY. Saint Peters Basilica

Statue of Augustus - The Vatican, Italy
Emperor Augustus (63 BC AD 14). The Prima Porta statue - Vatican, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

St Peters Basilica, Vatican, Rome, Italy
St Peters Basilica with its iconic dome, viewed from St Peters Square in the Vatican City, Rome, Italy

Pope Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto, in his Pontifical robes at the Vatican. Date: 1835 - 1914

Raphael (1483-1520). Transfiguration. 1517 -

Alcuin of York (730-804). Alcuin presents to Rabanus Maurus
Alcuin of York, or Ealhwine, nicknamed or Flaccus (730-804). English scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria. Alcuin presents to Rabanus Maurus to Saint Martin. Miniature

Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican manuscript written in Nahuatl before of the conquest of Mexico. It is related with the aztec calendar Tonalpohualli

Rome / Vatican / St Peters
The Basilica and Piazza di San Pietro, at Rome, on Easter Sunday, when the Pope bestows his blessing on the faithful

Vatican Council / 1870
The Ecclesiastical Council at Rome

Statue of the Roman goddess Abundantia with cornucopia
Statue of the Roman goddess Abbondanza or Abundantia with the cornucopia (horn of plenty). In the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican. Copperplate engraving by Gio. Petrini after an illustration by A

Angel playing a lute, Melozzo da Forli
Melozzo da Forli (1438-1494). Italian painter. Fresco depicting an Angel playing a lute. From the Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles. Pinacoteca Vaticana. Vatican City. Date: circa 1480

Queen Elizabeth II visits the Vatican
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with Pope John XXIII in the throne room of the Vatican, the meeting coming at the end of a three day State visit to Rome in 1961. Date: 1961

Art Greek. Hellenistic. The Statue of Lacoon (Laacoonte). 2
Art Greek. Hellenistic. Statue of Lacoon and his sons (Antiphates and Thymbraeus). The sculpture is attributed by three sculptors from the island of Rhodes. Agesander, Athenedores and Polydorus

Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). Engraving. Colored
Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Engraving by Knesing in The Catalan Illustration, 1893. Colored

Panoramic view of Rome from The Pincian Hill (Monte Pincio, from Latin Mons Pincius). Date: circa 1910s

Pope Pius X Blessing
POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint receiving pilgrims from Lombardy at the Vatican

Rome / Vatican / Gardens
The Sunken Gardens at the Vatican with the dome of St Peters looming behind. Date: 1918

Rome / Vatican / St Peters
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Cardinal Joseph Fesch
CARDINAL JOSEPH FESCH half-brother of Napoleons mother, active during Napoleonic period as negotiator between France and the Vatican

New Pope, Pius X is seen enthroned immediately after the election

Gregory IX (1170-1241). Pope of the Catholic Church (1227-1241). Gregory IX receiving the Decretals compiled by Saint Raymond of Penafort

Crusades. Embarkation of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Land. Knights had to be willing to submit to the Roman Church whenever it ordered them to do so

Crusades. Embarkation of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Land. Knights had to be willing to submit to the Roman Church whenever it ordered them to do so

Pontifical galley equipped with large stays, sails, oars and heavy artillery. 19th-century version of an engraving by Frans Huys (ca. 1522-1562) in 1550 after a drawing by Brueghel the Elder (ca)

From left to right, 12: Pope in the 1000s, 13-14: Popes in the 1100s and 1200s. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885

St. Peter's Chair - St. Peter's Basilica Vatican City, Rome
St. Peter's Basilica Vatican City, Rome. A chair symbolizing the first Pope, St. Peter, was designed by Bernini and placed inside a sculptor in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica

Pius IX (1792-1878). Italian pope (1846-1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti. Portrait. Engraving. Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia (History of the War between France and Prussia)

Pius IX (1792-1878). Italian pope (1846-1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti. Portrait. Drawing by B. Blanco. Lithography by J. Donon. Detail. Reyes Contemporaneos (Contemporary Kings)

Pius IX (1792-1878). Italian pope (1846-1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti. Portrait. Drawing by B. Blanco. Lithography by J. Donon. Reyes Contemporaneos (Contemporary Kings). Volume II

Roman sacrificial paraphernalia
Bull prepared for sacrifice, from a bas-relief owned by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi 1, vessel with swan's neck to draw water for a sacrifice 2, bagpipes or flutes played at sacrifices

Renaissance art: paintings by Attavante, Raphael, etc
Renaissance art: paintings on manuscripts and frescoes

Renaissance art: grotesques from the Vatican, 16th century

Roman and Greek helmets, Egyptian cap, Dacian mace
Roman helmet from the Arch of Constantine 1, Greek Pallas helmet 2, cap worn by kings or priests of Egypt now in the Villa Barberini 3

Ancient Roman musical instruments
Bronze ring decorated with rattles used in Bacchanalia 1, ancient triangular metal harp (Portici) 2, Bacchic tibia from a bas-relief in the Cortile known as Mazzarini 3, cymbals

Giulio Romano, Italian painter and architect, 1492-1546
Giulio Romano or Giulio Pippi, Italian painter and architect, a pupil of Raphael in the Vatican, 1492-1546. Worked on the Palazza del Te and the Ducal Palace in Mantua

Giovanni da Udine, Italian painter and architect
Giovanni Nanni or Giovanni da Udine, 1487-1564, Italian painter and architect born in Udine. Giovanni da Udino, history, birds, animals and grotesques. Employed by Raphael in the Vatican

Statue of the Greek god Dionysus as an old man
Statue of Dionysus Sardanapalus, Neo-Attic statue of the Greek god Dionysus as an old man with ivy wreath and long beard. Roman copy of a Greek orirginal from the 4th century BC, now in the Vatican

Statue of Meleager, mythical hero of Aetolia, with his hunting dog and the head of the Calydonian boar. Copy of a Greek original of the 4th century BC attributed to Skopas. Now in the Vatican

Statue of the Roman goddess Juno from the 2nd century BC
Statue of the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter, from the 2nd century BC. Now in the Vatican. Iunonis statua vetus marmorea

Statue of a Sleeping Ariadne, also known as Cleopatra
Sleeping Ariadne, also known as Cleopatra, Roman Hadrianic copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the Pergamene school of the 2nd century BC

Statue of Laocoon and his sons attacked by sea serpents
Statue of Laocoon and his Sons or Gruppo del Laocoonte, Vatican. Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus attacked by sea serpents. Laocoontis statua vetus marmorea

Statue of the River Nile leaning on a sphinx
Statue of the River Nile as an old man leaning on a sphinx, with cornucopia of fruit, bushel of wheat and 16 children. Found in the Campo Marzio, now in the Vatican

Saint Peter's Basilica and Square, Rome. Designed by architect Gianlorenzo Bernini with Egyptian obelisk in the piazza, fountains by Bernini and Carlo Maderno, Doric colonnades

Statue of the Greek/Roman god Apollo with python. Pictured with cape, leaning on a trunk with a serpent curled around it. Apollo Pytheus, from an antique statue in the Vatican

Vatican City. Blessing of Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) in Saint Peter's Square (Holy Week). Photoengraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898

St. Peter's Basilica. Purification ceremony of great Altar
Vatican. St. Peter's Basilica. Purification ceremony of the great Papal Altar on Holy Thursday. Illustration by Juan Comba, detail. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Baldachin of Saint Peter, 1623, by Bernini (1598-1680)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). Italian sculptor and architect. Baldachin of Saint Peter (1623). Baroque style. Saint Peter's Basilica. Vatican City

Ideal reconstruction of tomb of Pope Julius II
Ideal reconstruction of Michelangelos tomb of Pope Julius II installed in St Peters Basilica in the Vatican, with the figures of Michelangelo and Pope Julius looking

Ancient Roman and Greek shoes
Ancient shoe from the Palazzo Giustiniani 1, ancient Greek shoe from the Vatican Museum 2, and other Greek shoes from Greek vases 3, 4

Drummer of the Swiss Guard - Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

The Royal Visit to the Vatican - standing behind Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip are Major Martin Charteris, Private Secretary to the Princess (wearing white tie), Lady Palmer

The Wonders of the World - some of the principal architectural gems of the world in 1913, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, The Washington Monument

The Athena Giustiniani. Roman copy of a Greek statue of Pall
The Athena Giustiniani or Giustiniani Minerva. Parian marble. Antonine Roman copy of a Greek statue of Pallas Athena. 2nd century. Detail. Braccio Nuovo. Chiaramonti Museum. Vatican Museums

Vatican City, Italy

Vatican, Italy

Vatican Rome Italy early 1900s

Vatican Library, Rome, Italy

Italy Vatican Library pre-1900

Italy Rome Vatican pre-1900

The Vatican, Rome, Italy

Vatican City, Rome, Italy - Swiss Guard in Ceremonial Costume Date: circa 1920s

View from cupola of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
View of St. Peter's Square from the cupola of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon, Lent - A Recantation, Gladstone
Political cartoon, Lent - A Recantation, Consistent Inconsistency, William Ewart Gladstone standing on a barrel Date: 1891

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII, by Bernini
Tomb of Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667). Sculptural monument by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), built between 1671-1678. Marble. Commissioned by Pope Alexander VII himself. South transept. St

Stuart Monument, designed in 1817-1819 by the Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822)

Etruscan Art. Italy. Travertine's sarcophagus-urn. Tomb of C
Etruscan Art. Italy. Travertine's sarcophagus-urn. On the lid: reclined female figure of the deceased and inscription: Than (Ia) Trenthinei (married to) Caspre (husband's family name)

PETER, PAUL RETOMBED
The bodies of saints Peter and Paul are discovered, and re- housed in the Vatican in a more suitable tomb. Date: 15th or 16th century

NAUMACHIA OF NERO
A naumachia staged by the emperor Nero in a flooded amphitheatre near the site of the Vatican : the crews - prisoners or criminals - fought to the death Date: circa 60

VOTING FOR PIUS XII
After the death of Pius XI, the cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, where they will elect Eugenio Pacelli as Pius XII Date: February 1939

St Peter s, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

St Peter s, Vatican, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Rome, including St Peters and the Vatican, c. 1870 s. Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: view of the rooftops of the city of Rome, including St Peters and the Vatican, c.1870 s. Italy

Italy - St Peters Basilica, the Vatican, Rome
Vintage 19th century photograph: Italy - St Peters Basilica, the Vatican, Rome

St Peters Square and the Vatican, Rome, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: St Peters Square and the Vatican, Rome, Italy

St Peters Basilicia, Vatican, Pincian Hill, Rome, Italy
19th century vintage photograph: St Peters Basilicia, Vatican from the Pincian Hill, Rome, Italy

Rome from the top of St. Peters Basilica, Vatican
19th century vintage photograph: view of Rome from the top of St. Peters Basilica in the Vatican

View of Rome taken from St. Peters basilica, the Vatican
View of Rome taken from St. Peters basilica in the Vatican. Vintage 19th century photograph

Looking towards St Peters Basilica, the Vatican, Rome, Italy. Vintage 19th century photograph

Statue / fountains St Peters Square, the Vatican, Rome, Italy
Statue and fountains in the middle of St Peters Square, the Vatican, Rome, Italy. Vintage 19th century photograph

Costume of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, d. 1190
Costume of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa or Friedrich der Rothbart, d. 1190. From St. Zeno monastery

Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo (Napoleon III)
Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo. The Pope threatens Napoleon III, the French Emperor, with excommunication

Wall paintings of the 16th century, Italy
Wall paintings of the 16th century: foliage patterns from Raphaels Rooms in the Vatican, Rome, (left and right), and vase and flowers from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua

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