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Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of the Roman Catholic Church. The museums were founded in the 18th century by Pope Pius VI.

Works in the Vatican Museums

several paintings by Caravaggio
Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Saint Jerome
works by painters Fra Angelico, Giotto, Nicolas Poussin, and Titian
the sculpture Laocoon and his Sons by Agesander
the red marble papal throne, formerly in the basilica of St. John Lateran

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