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Museums of the Mediterranean

Already exhausting: The Pinacoteca for different churches. Room 4 shows further paintings
The museum complex includes, first of all, the picture of the 15th cent. by Ercole de‘Roberti. Room 6 contains
gallery in a buildung designed by the architect Beltrami 15th cent. polyptychs, while paintings of the Umbrian
in 1932. The Christian, Profane and Missionary-Ethno- school are displayed in room 7, including works of Perug-
logical Museums display the objects which were before ino (1446-1524) and Giovanni Santi, who died 1494, the
shown in the Lateran Palace, mainly artwork, but also father of Raphael. Room 8 shows a tapestry of “The Last
archaeological and ethnological objects. The Collection Supper“ by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) and paintings
of Modern Religious Art became part of the museum of Raphael (1483-1520), the “Crowning of the Virgin“, the
complex in 1973. The Lateran Palace houses now the “Madonna of Foligno“ and a late work, the “Transfigura-
History Museum. The Sistine Chapel after all is connect- tion“. Room 9 displays “St Jerome“ which Leonardo da
ed to the Vatican Museums but generally not considered Vinci did not finish. Room 10 contains Venetian art of
as integral part of them because it serves not only as the 16th cent., among others Titian‘s painting “Madonna
exhibition for artworks but is a sacred chapel which is of St Niccoló die Frari“; room 11 shows works by Giorgio
also used for the Conclave. Vasari (1511-74), Barocci (1528-1612) and others. Room 12
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leads to the Caravaggio school of the 17th cent., while
Visitors enter the picture gallery first. The most famous the last three rooms (13,14,15) present paintings from
paintings here are presumably “St Jerome“ by Leon- the 17th and 18th century. Room 16 gives an impres-
ardo and “The Entombment of Christ“ by Caravaggio. sion of paintings by the lesser known Jan Václav Peter
16 halls belong to the Pinacoteca; the exhibition begins (1745-1829). He lived near Prague and combined biblical
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with paintings from the 12th to the 14th cent. with the themes with animals and plants.
typical gold-leaf ground. The second room contains 14th
cent. paintings andf is focussed on the works of Giotto The Raphael Rooms (Stanze)
and paintings from Sienna. The themes are mainly reli- Pope Julius II (1503-1513) did not like to stay in his Vat-
gious and show, for example, St Peter and the angels. ican rooms. Raphael (1483-1520) got the permission to
The third room displays artwork of the 15th cent. and design them and he and his students painted the walls
especially new technics developed by artists in Flor- between 1508 and 1524. His students finished the Hall of
ence. Room 4 shows paintings of Melozzo da Forli (1438- Constantine (Sala di Costantine) after the death of their
1494) ‒ fragments of frescos which the artist conceived master, the main work did Gianfranceso Penni. Themes

School of Raphael: The Donation of Rome, fresco, 1520-24. Sala di Costantino, The Vatican Museums.
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