Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate CVI · Vatican

Vol. XII (1954) · full-page plate
Above left: THE FIRST OF THE "SALE PAOLINE" of the Biblioteca Vaticana, frescoed under Paul V (1610-11). On the back wall, scene of the canonization of St. Charles Borromeo. Above right: LIBRARY OF SIXTUS V OR "SALONE SISTINO", frescoed under the direction of Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89). Below left: THE SALA DUCALE, frescoed under Paul IV (1555-59). The large stucco curtain with angels is by G. L. Bernini. Below right: HALL OF THE MUSEO SACRO, opened in 1768. On the vault the Triumph of the Church and the three theological virtues, frescoed by Stefano Pozzi (1768).
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Plate CVI
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Plate CVI
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Plate CVI
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Above left: THE FIRST OF THE "SALE PAOLINE" of the Biblioteca Vaticana, frescoed under Paul V (1610-11). On the back wall, scene of the canonization of St. Charles Borromeo. Above right: LIBRARY OF SIXTUS V OR "SALONE SISTINO", frescoed under the direction of Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89). Below left: THE SALA DUCALE, frescoed under Paul IV (1555-59). The large stucco curtain with angels is by G. L. Bernini. Below right: HALL OF THE MUSEO SACRO, opened in 1768. On the vault the Triumph of the Church and the three theological virtues, frescoed by Stefano Pozzi (1768).

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