Alan H's photos with the keyword: vatican museums

The Laocoön - Laocoön was a Trojan priest who was attacked, with his two sons, by giant serpents sent by the gods after attempting to expose the ruse of the Trojan Horse by striking it with a spear. Discovered in 1506 in the ruins of Titus's house on the Esquiline. 40-30 BC. Octagonal Court, Pio Clementino Museum, Rome, Italy.

Statue of Hermes (Mercury) with his winged petasus (sun hat) and his cloak wrapped around his arm and caduceus. Octagonal Court, Pio Clementino Museum. Rome, Italy.

Ceiling of the Hall of the Muses, Pio Clementino Museum. Rome, Italy.

Heracles - This gilded bronze statue was found in 1864 in the area of Pompey's Theatre. It was lying horizontally in a trench and covered by a slab of travertine on which the letters F C S (Fulgur Conditum Summanium) had been cut. The statue had, therefore, been struck by lightning and, following the Roman custom, had been granted a ritual burial together with the remains of a lamb. It shows a young Heracles leaning on his club, with the lion skin over his arm, and the apples of the Hesperides in his left hand. The work has been variously dated to between the end of the 1st and the beginning of the 3rd century AD. The Round Hall, Pio Clementino Museum. Rome, Italy.

Raphael Stanze. Rome, Italy.

Raphael Stanze. Rome, Italy.

Ceiling, Hall of the Maps. Rome, Italy.

Emperor Claudius shown as Jupiter, The Round Hall, Pio Clementino Museum. Rome, Italy.