Vatican Museums part (2):

EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
It consists of steleae and inscriptions from various ages, sarcophagi and mummies, Roman

statuary (from the first and second century A.D.) designed to imitate or interpret the forms

and aesthetics of Egyptian statuary, protohistoric and Roman ceramics, cuneiform tablets and

mesopotamic seals, assirian bas-reliefs from the palaces of Sargon the IInd (722-705 B.C.) and

Sennacherib (705-681 B.C.) in Nineveth.


CHIARAMONTI MUSEUM
It was founded by Pope Pius VII (Chiaramonti) and includes: the Corridoio (Corridor), the

Galleria Lapidaria and the Braccio Nuovo (New Side). In the Corridor, divide into 60 sections,

is an interminable series of statues, busts, sarcofhagi, reliefs, etc: about 800 Greek-Roman

works. In the Galleria Lapidaria there are over 5000 pagan and Christian inscriptions. In the

Braccio Nuovo, the Statue of Augustus of Prima Porta, the Group of the Nile and the Doriforos,

deserve particular attention.


GALLERY OF THE CANDELABRA
Once a loggia, the gallery was enclosed during the pontificate of Pius VI. Arches supported by

columns and pillars were used to divide the space, which was then hung with candelabra, one

for each arch: hence the name of the gallery.


GALLERY OF THE TAPESTRIES
Decorated during the pontificate of Pius VI, the gallery is named after the tapestries which

were first exhibited there in 1814.