New Wing (Braccio Nuovo)

New Wing (Braccio Nuovo)

5 Artworks
2 Artists
3 Art Types
2 Periods

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

5 artworks found
Statue of Augustus of Prima Porta #17

Statue of Augustus of Prima Porta Information

Ancient Roman sculptor 20–1 BCE Marble statue Classical

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.
New Wing #72

New Wing Information

New Wing 1817–1822 Photogallery Modern

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.
Bronze statue of a River Tiber #178

Bronze statue of a River Tiber Information

Ancient Roman sculptor 100–200 Marble statue group Classical

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.
Bronze statue of the Tiber River #200

Bronze statue of the Tiber River Information

Ancient Roman sculptor 100–200 Marble statue group Classical

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.
Marble Statue of the Nile River #240

Marble Statue of the Nile River Information

Ancient Roman sculptor 100–150 Marble statue group Classical

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.

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