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Historical Archive: Vatican Museums


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Etruscan hands, sheet bronze with gold, Vulci, c.700-650 BCE, Vat 11930/11931
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Etruscan hands, sheet bronze with gold, Vulci, c.700-650 BCE, Vat 11930/11931
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Etruscan necklace with amber pendants from Regolini-Gelassi tomb, Sorbo necropolis, Cerveteri, c.675-650 BCE, Vat 20557
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Etruscan necklace with amber pendants from Regolini-Gelassi tomb, Sorbo necropolis, Cerveteri, c.675-650 BCE, Vat 20557
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Etruscan necklace with amber pendants from Regolini-Gelassi tomb, Sorbo necropolis, Cerveteri, c.675-650 BCE, Vat 20557
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Exekias, black-figure amphora from Vulci with Ajax and Achilles playing dice, c.540-30 BCE, Vat 16757. This work has its own page.
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"Mars of Todi", Etruscan bronze votive figure, late 5th c. BCE, Vat 13886. This work has its own page.
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Belvedere Torso, Parian marble, mid 1st c. BCE Athens, Apollonios son of Nestor, Vat 1192. This work has its own page.
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sacrificing Roman emperor (right arm restored), Vat 199 or 259
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left arm of bronze male figure, from shipyard of the port of Civitavecchia, 1st-2nd c., Vat 15058
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left arm of bronze male figure with person for scale, 1st-2nd c., Vat 15058
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left arm of bronze male figure, from shipyard of the port of Civitavecchia, 1st-2nd c., Vat 15058
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left arm of bronze male figure, from shipyard of the port of Civitavecchia, 1st-2nd c., Vat 15058
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Anubis from his front/right, from Villa Pamphili at Anzio, Parian marble, 1st-2nd c., Vat 22840
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Anubis with person for scale, from Villa Pamphili at Anzio, Parian marble, 1st-2nd c., Vat 22840
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Anubis from his front/left, from Villa Pamphili at Anzio, Parian marble, 1st-2nd c., Vat 22840
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Anubis from his left, from Villa Pamphili at Anzio, Parian marble, 1st-2nd c., Vat 22840
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Augustus of Prima Porta, marble, early 1st c. CE, Vat MV.2290.0.0, which has its own page
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Nabataean grave inscription of Artobel, black basalt dated 37 CE, Vat N31403
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River Nile, marble, late 1st-2nd c., Rome? Vat 22832. This work has its own page.
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Greek marble grave stone of Judas with candelabra, palmettes, doves, flasks, from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense, 3rd-4th or poss. 2nd-3rd c., Rome, Vat 17584
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cast of Greek marble grave stone of Ammias prob. from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30879
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Latin marble grave stone of Salutia prob. from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense with menorah and open scroll, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30785
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Greek marble grave stone of Primitiva and Euphrainon poss. from Trastevere with ethrogs, lulabs, menorahs, flasks, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30887
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Greek marble grave stone of Aster prob. from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense with birds, trees, flask, grapes, menorah, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30825
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Shepherd sarcophagus from Via Salaria (Christian?), Rome, c.250-75, Vat 31540. This work has its own page.
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pastoral sarcophagus with lid from Via Prenestina (Christian?), painted and gilt, late 3rd/early 4th c., Vat 31485 (ex 150). This work has its own page.
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Good Shepherd, marble, late 3rd/early 4th c., Vat 28590 (ex 103). This work has its own page.
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Noah, and 3 Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace, sarcophagus lid fragment from Rome, near Saint Sebastian, 1st third of 4th c., Vat 31471 (ex 134). Clouds of smoke modern.
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Man feeding wood to fire: 3 Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace, sarcophagus lid fragment from Rome, near Saint Sebastian, 1st third of 4th c., Vat 31471 (ex 134).
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Noah's dove and man feeding wood to fire: sarcophagus lid fragment from Rome, near Saint Sebastian, 1st third of 4th c., Vat 31471 (ex 134).
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Porphyry sarcophagus of Helena (d. c.330), 1st third of 4th c., Vat 238. This work has its own page.
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Porphyry sarcophagus of Constantina (d.354), c.330-65, Vat 237. This work has its own page.
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Passion sarcophagus, marble, c.350 CE, Vat 31525. This work has its own page.
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Passion/tree sarcophagus: Cain and Abel, arrest of Peter, triumphant cross, arrest of Paul, Job; marble, Rome c.360, Vat 28591
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Passion/tree sarcophagus: triumphant cross and olive trees, doves' heads by wreath restored; marble, Rome c.360, Vat 28591
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Passion//tree sarcophagus: Cain and Abel offering gifts to God; marble, Rome c.360, Vat 28591
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Shepherd sarcophagus from Catacomb of Praetextatus (Three Shepherds Sarcophagus; Christian?), marble c.370-400, Vat 31554 (ex 191A). This work has its own page.
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Jonah mosaic, from loculus in catacomb of Gordianus and Epimachus, Rome, late 4th c., Vat 31598 (ex 235)
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Jonah swallowed: mosaic from loculus in catacomb of Gordianus and Epimachus, Rome, late 4th c., Vat 31598 (ex 235)
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Jonah cast up, asleep under vine: mosaic from loculus in catacomb of Gordianus and Epimachus, Rome, late 4th c., Vat 31598 (ex 235)
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Early Christian inscriptions regarding prayer, marble, bottom panel dated 483, Vat
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Sancta Sanctorum reliquary box, Syria/Palestine, late 6th-early 7th c. This work has its own page.
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fresco from foot of Oppian Hill, Rome, 8th/9th c., Vat 31448 (ex 119). This work has its own page.
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Syriac funerary inscription with Christian prayer for Maria, dated 860, Vat
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Moses, fresco from S. Nicola in Carcere, Rome, 1120-30, Vat 40508
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head: Moses, fresco from S. Nicola in Carcere, Rome, 1120-30, Vat 40508
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inscription: Moses, fresco from S. Nicola in Carcere, Rome, 1120-30, Vat 40508
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Amos, fresco from S. Nicola in Carcere, Rome, 1120-30, Vat 40583
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St. Catherine of Alexandria, late 13th c. Rome, fresco from S. Agnese sulla via Nomentana, Vat 40478
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inscription: St. Catherine of Alexandria, late 13th c. Rome, fresco from S. Agnese sulla via Nomentana, Vat 40478
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St. Catherine of Alexandria, late 13th c. Rome, fresco from S. Agnese sulla via Nomentana, Vat 40478
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Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), Deposition (Christ placed on the stone of unction), oil on canvas, 1604, Vat 40386. This work has its own page.