Michelangelo (1475-1564). Sistine Chapel. The Last Judgement. 1537-1541. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Palaces. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Fresco
Michelangelo (1475-1564). Pieta. 1498-1499. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Sculpture on marble. VATICAN CITY. Saint Peters Basilica
Statue of Augustus - The Vatican, ItalyEmperor Augustus (63 BC AD 14). The Prima Porta statue - Vatican, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s
St Peters Basilica, Vatican, Rome, ItalySt Peters Basilica with its iconic dome, viewed from St Peters Square in the Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Augustus Prima Porta. Vatican MuseumsAugustus (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
Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican manuscript written in Nahuatl before of the conquest of Mexico. It is related with the aztec calendar Tonalpohualli
Pope Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto, in his Pontifical robes at the Vatican. Date: 1835 - 1914
Raphael (1483-1520). Transfiguration. 1517 -
Vatican Council / 1870The Ecclesiastical Council at Rome
Angel playing a lute, Melozzo da ForliMelozzo 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
Alcuin of York (730-804). Alcuin presents to Rabanus MaurusAlcuin 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
Art Greek. Hellenistic. The Statue of Lacoon (Laacoonte). 2Art 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
Queen Elizabeth II visits the VaticanQueen 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
Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). Engraving. ColoredLeo 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 BlessingPOPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint receiving pilgrims from Lombardy at the Vatican
Rome / Vatican / GardensThe Sunken Gardens at the Vatican with the dome of St Peters looming behind. Date: 1918
Rome / Vatican / St PetersSaint Peter s
Cardinal Joseph FeschCARDINAL JOSEPH FESCH half-brother of Napoleons mother, active during Napoleonic period as negotiator between France and the Vatican
Ideal reconstruction of tomb of Pope Julius IIIdeal 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 shoesAncient 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
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 CityView of St. Peter's Square from the cupola of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s
Cartoon, Lent - A Recantation, GladstonePolitical cartoon, Lent - A Recantation, Consistent Inconsistency, William Ewart Gladstone standing on a barrel Date: 1891
Tomb of Pope Alexander VII, by BerniniTomb 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). Marble.It is dedicated to James III (1688-1766) son of James II (1633-1701)
Etruscan Art. Italy. Travertine's sarcophagus-urn. Tomb of CEtruscan 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 RETOMBEDThe 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 NEROA 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 XIIAfter 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
Statue of the Roman goddess Abundantia with cornucopiaStatue 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
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 PallThe 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
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. ItalyVintage 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, RomeVintage 19th century photograph: Italy - St Peters Basilica, the Vatican, Rome
St Peters Square and the Vatican, Rome, ItalyVintage 19th century photograph: St Peters Square and the Vatican, Rome, Italy
St Peters Basilicia, Vatican, Pincian Hill, Rome, Italy19th century vintage photograph: St Peters Basilicia, Vatican from the Pincian Hill, Rome, Italy
Rome from the top of St. Peters Basilica, Vatican19th century vintage photograph: view of Rome from the top of St. Peters Basilica in the Vatican
