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Gallery
of the
Candelabra
(Roman
Sculpture)
The Gallery of the Candelabra was the first room that we walked through at the
Vatican Museums.
(actually, it was more like we were being herded through --this area was
particularly crowded. I couldn't get any decent pictures of
the sculptures because of the crowds) The gallery was named after
the candelabras which were placed in front of the pillars when the room
was opened by Pius VI, in 1761.
This room contains classical roman sculpture which dates from the 3rd century
B.C. to the 3rd century A.D..
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The view of the sculptures in the Gallery of the Candelabra may have been obstructed, however, there was
nothing preventing me from getting some fantastic photos of the artwork
on the ceiling (left). The ceiling was painted by Domenico Torti
and Ludwig Seitz during the years 1883 - 87 under Leo XIII.
A few of the more noteworthy sculptures found in the Gallery of the Candelabra are: Boy
strangling a goose, a sarcophagus with relief's portraying the massacre
of the Niobids by Apollo and Artemis who are shooting their deadly
arrows, and a statuette of the Tyche (Fortune) of Antioch on the river
Orontes, seated on a rock with a bust of the river god Orontes at her
feet.
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for the Information in this tour:
Papafava,
Francesco. Ed. Guide to the Vatican Museums and City. Vatican City:
Tipografia Vaticana., 1986
Also,
I have included information from the exhibits at the Vatican Museum and
notes from the lecture of Professor B. Nucci (University of Maryland University
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