Museo Cristiano-01
Text panel.
Museo Cristiano-02
Entrance to the Museo Cristiano collection set up by pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758). The entrance was designed by Paolo Posi and shows two seated orators - Aelius Aristides and Lysias.
Museo Cristiano-03
The room has ceiling frescoes by Stefano Pozzi (Triumph of the Church and Triumph of Faith) with cabinets of walnut root and gilded bronze decoration by Giovanbattista Pericoli and Antonio Ravasi. On top are twenty four bronze busts of cardinal librarians designed by Luigi Valadier (1783).
Wunderkammer-01
"Wunderkammer" display with authentic and inauthentic objects.
Wunderkammer-02
Gold glass with images of Peter and Paul.
Wunderkammer-03
Gold glass with female orans.
Wunderkammer-04
Gold glass with male portrait and inscription.
Wunderkammer-05
Glass fragment of a fish, made in "millefiore" technique.
Wunderkammer-06
Seven miniature vessels made of colored glass.
Wunderkammer-07
Ivory ship with crew - on the hull a Greek inscription: Εὐσέβι ζήσαις
Wunderkammer-08
Gold glass with couple and Latin inscription.
Wunderkammer-09
Gold glass medal with panther head.
Wunderkammer-10
Round bronze phalera with dolphins and the head of Oceanus.
Wunderkammer-11
Gold glass with couple and "Pie Zezes" inscription.
Wunderkammer-12
Gold glass fragment with male portrait.
Wunderkammer-13
Reproduction of a lost gold glass medallion with a male figure.
Wunderkammer-14
Reproduction of a lost gold glass medallion with the three Graces.
Goldglass-01
Text panel
Goldglass-02
Gold glass with family group.
Goldglass-03
Gold glass with portrait of Saecularis.
Goldglass-04
Gold glass with portrait of Simplicius.
Goldglass-05
Gold glass with worship of representations of Rome and Constantinople.
Goldglass-06
Gold glass depicting a cupid with a wheel.
Goldglass-07
Gold glass with a hunting scene.
Goldglass-08
Gold glass depicting a fight of two boxers with a referee in between.
Goldglass-09
Gold glass depicting a fight of two boxers with a referee in between (flipped 180° horizontally).
Goldglass-10
Gold glass depicting a fight of two boxers with a referee in between.
Goldglass-11
Gold glass with a representation of the agonistic celebrations of the Capitoline Agon (Capitolia) and the Agon Solis (Ilia-Helia).
Goldglass-12
Gold glass with a representation of the agonistic celebrations of the Capitoline Agon (Capitolia) and the Agon Solis (Ilia-Helia) (flipped 180° horizontally).
Goldglass-13
Text panel.
Goldglass-14
Gold glass with Adam and Eve.
Goldglass-15
Gold glass with the sacrifice of Isaac.
Goldglass-16
Gold glass with the sacrifice of Isaac.
Goldglass-17
Gold glass with Jonah resting under the gorge tree.
Goldglass-18
Gold glass with the miracle of Cana.
Goldglass-19
Gold glass with the resurrection of Lazarus and the miracle of Cana.
Goldglass-20
Gold glass with the resurrection of Lazarus and the miracle of Cana.
Goldglass-21
Gold glass with the multiplication of loaves.
Goldglass-22
Gold glass with the multiplication of loaves.
Goldglass-23
Gold glass with the resurrection of Lazarus .
Goldglass-24
Gold glass with the resurrection of Lazarus.
Goldglass-25
Gold glass with Peter and Paul side by side.
Goldglass-26
Gold glass with Peter and Paul side by side (concordia apostolorum).
Goldglass-27
Gold glass with Peter and Paul seated and having a philosophical discussion.
Goldglass-28
Gold glass with Peter and Paul side by side (concordia apostolorum).
Goldglass-29
Gold glass with Peter and Paul flanking a column - only Paul being visible.
Goldglass-30
Gold glass with Peter and Paul side by side.
Goldglass-31
Gold glass with the traditio legis.
Goldglass-32
Gold glass with a beardless Christ between Peter and Paul.