| Chiarmonti
Museum
The Chiaramonti Museum, named after its founder, Pius VII, has changed
only slightly in appearance since it was first laid out by Antonio Canova.
Nearly a thousand pieces of ancient sculpture of every kind are exhibited in the
Chiarmonti Museums:
statues of gods, portrait statues, pagan altars, architectural ornaments,
urns and sarcophagi. The Vatican Museums houses an incredible collection of
priceless antiquities.
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The "Museum Claramontanum Pioclementino adiectum" (Chiarmonti
Museum), founded by Pius
VII in the seventh year of his papacy, is celebrated in a lunette painted
by Luigi Agricola.
Above you can see the size of the Hall. On the Left you can see a
close-up of some of the fine statuary. In the Lower left corner is
an bust portrait that dates to the Imperial age. I found it interesting
because it is one of a handful of works that meld bronze and stone.
Unfortunately, this room does not offer much information about the great
works which it preserves. It is a classic style museum --just
a place where antiquities are housed and displayed.
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Credit
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 College - European
Division)
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