Core gallery for early Christian Rome (3rd–6th c.), bringing together sarcophagi, inscriptions, and rare gold-glass medallions. Highlights include Good Shepherd reliefs and Traditio Legis scenes that chart the faith’s emerging imagery. Clear labels decode symbols—chi-rho, anchor, fish—and the shift from pagan to Christian art.
Artworks in Christian Museum
at the Vatican Museums
#96
Ivory Triptych (Workshop of Constantinople)
A palm-sized church: Christ in the center, saints on folding wings, halos punched like stars—made to open for prayer.
Fine middle-Byzantine ivory blending court style with private devotion.
#97
Drawings from the Chigi Collection
Workshop sheets in pen, chalk, and wash—swift heads, hands, and drapery studies that fed Raphael-era masterpieces.
First-hand view of Raphael’s design process through workshop studies.
#98
Gilded Glass Medallions (Gold Glass)
Tiny portraits and blessings etched in gold leaf between glass layers—cup bottoms turned into keepsakes for faith and memory.
Rare survivals of private Christian/Jewish/Roman imagery from Late Antiquity.
#99
Treasure of the Caelian Hill (Early Christian liturgical objects)
A hoard of early church metalwork—chalices, patens, lamps—where simple forms carry the new symbols of faith.
Rare coherent set documenting the material culture of early Christian liturgy in Rome.Last Minute Offers
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