Friday, December 31, 2010

Refreshing News: The Vatican's most treasured pieces of art

As American art historian Roy Doliner claims to have discovered the original model created by Michelangelo for the 'Pieta' statue, we take a look at some of the Vatican's other prized pieces...

Michelangelo's Last Judgement at the Sistine Chapel

Leonardo da Vinci's St. Jerome in the Wilderness

Raphael's Madonna of Foligno

Nero's bath in the Vatican

Michelangelo's Pieta

Raphal's The School of Athens

The front side of Giotto's Stefaneschi Triptych

Perugino's Madonna and Child with Saints

Raphael's Transfiguration

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