A 19th-century gallery (1817–22) created to display ancient Roman masterpieces. Its long, light-filled hall with niches culminates in a grand hemicycle. Highlights include the Augustus of Prima Porta and the monumental River Nile. Portraits and reliefs line the route in crisp neoclassical display. A showpiece of papal archaeology and conservation.
Artworks in New Wing (Braccio Nuovo)
at the Vatican Museums
#17
Statue of Augustus of Prima Porta
Augustus strides to address his troops; the cuirass proclaims a bloodless victory, while a tiny Cupid on a dolphin nods to Venus and sea power. Politics, lineage, and poise in one image.
Blueprint for Roman imperial portraiture.-400x400.jpg)
#72
New Wing
A long, daylit 19th-century gallery showcasing Roman marbles in sober neoclassical style. Walk its spine to meet the Augustus of Prima Porta, the colossal Nile, and ranks of emperors—an elegant setting that turns a corridor into a parade of power and portraiture.
Neoclassical showcase for Roman portraiture and state imagery.
#178
Bronze statue of a River Tiber
A reclining river-god with cornucopia and Romulus-and-Remus—Rome’s Tiber personified as abundance and origin.
Prime example of Roman river-god iconography linking myth to civic identity.
#200
Bronze statue of the Tiber River
A monumental reclining river god—Tiber personified—rests with cornucopia and the Capitoline Wolf nursing Romulus and Remus at his side: Rome’s origin story cast as a landscape in human form.
Prime Roman example of a personified river deity linking nature, myth, and civic identity.-400x400.jpg)
#240
Marble Statue of the Nile River
The Nile as a reclining god with sixteen playful infants—Rome’s marble boast of Egypt’s fertility.
Among the most famous personifications of a river in classical sculpture.Last Minute Offers
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