Pope Pius

The first was created in 1949, measuring 49 x 37.5 centimetres (19.3 x 14.8 in) and is housed in the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Dal...

Catering to the glitterati of Europe, the pair counted among their clients Tolstoy, Pope Pius IX and Queen Victoria, as well as Countess Koscowicz of Hungary, for whom they created t...

Saint Jerome, born Sophronius Eusebius Jerome (Stridon, c. 347 – Bethlehem, 420), was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius V in 1576. He was born in Dalmatia, in present-day ...

In 1949, Mario Buccellati was commissioned to create an icon by Pope Pius XII for Princess Margaret to mark the extraordinary power of the first visit of a British Royal to Vatican C...

Bernardino Nocchi was noticed by Pope Pius VI, who in 1780 entrusted him with the painting of the Sacred Apostolic Palaces and then in 1785 with the Print Room of the Vatican Library.

Bernardino Nocchi (Lucca, 1741 - Rome, 1812) Bernardino Nocchi was noticed by Pope Pius VI, who in 1780 entrusted him with the painting of the Sacred Apostolic Palaces and then in ...

Bernardino Nocchi was noticed by Pope Pius VI, who in 1780 entrusted him with the painting of the Sacred Apostolic Palaces and then in 1785 with the Print Room of the Vatican Library.

Discovered in 1790 at Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli, the colossal prototype became an early acquisition of the Vatican under Pope Pius VI (1717–1799) and was subsequently restored before...

Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos President Abraham Lincoln James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense Pope Pius XII Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physici...

The constant stream of commissions included dignified, imposing portraits of such celebrated figures as Pope Pius IX and Queen Elizabeth of Romania, the latter of whom developed a wa...

Bernardino Nocchi was noticed by Pope Pius VI, who in 1780 entrusted him with the painting of the Sacred Apostolic Palaces and then in 1785 with the Print Room of the Vatican Library.

Bernardino Nocchi was noticed by Pope Pius VI, who in 1780 entrusted him with the painting of the Sacred Apostolic Palaces and then in 1785 with the Print Room of the Vatican Library.

When Canova’s sculpture was purchased by Pope Pius VII in 1801, it became the first modern work of art to enter the Vatican Collections.

The map was created for the Année Sainte 1950 (Holy Year 1950), a jubilee year in the Catholic Church, called by Pope Pius XII. Holy Years, or jubilees, are times of special indulgen...

Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos President Abraham Lincoln James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense Pope Pius XII Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physici...

Bernardino Nocchi was noticed by Pope Pius VI, who in 1780 entrusted him with the painting of the Sacred Apostolic Palaces and then in 1785 with the Print Room of the Vatican Library.

It is therefore after this moment that the painting must be dated, executed anyway by the end of the eighteenth century since in the nineteenth the physiognomy of the bridge changes....

Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos President Abraham Lincoln James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense Pope Pius XII Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physici...

Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos President Abraham Lincoln James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense Pope Pius XII Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physici...

A pair of carved, giltwood side tables, made by Whytock & Reid, with alabastar tops which had once belonged to Pope Pius VI, were presented to George V and Queen Mary by Sir R.

A pair of carved, giltwood side tables, made by Whytock & Reid, with alabastar tops which had once belonged to Pope Pius VI, were presented to George V and Queen Mary by Sir R.

Bernardino Nocchi was noticed by Pope Pius VI, who in 1780 entrusted him with the painting of the Sacred Apostolic Palaces and then in 1785 with the Print Room of the Vatican Library.

It was the French mystic Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (Verosvres, July 22, 1647 - Paray-le-Monial, October 17, 1690) the messenger of worship, which in 1856 Pope Pius IX extended to ...

In 1963 he produced the great monument to Pope Pius XII for St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, as well as the bust of Pietro Mascagni for the Teatro alla Scala.

. • King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. • Pope Pius XI. • Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.

Her philanthropy included funding the Doheny Library at the University of Southern California and numerous gifts to Catholic institutions, for which she was awarded the title of Papa...

Although they were ordered to come immediately to court to explain their actions, to all appearances things were smoothed over, and neither Southampton nor his father-in-law was puni...

Organized as a monumental tree, its central trunk lists the succession of popes from Saint Peter through Pius XII. Branches trace major councils, religious orders, missionary activit...

After several years as the Director of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Perugia, which nurtured his interest in the great Renaissance artist, in 1822 Minardi was made Professor of Draw...

The French master engraver was accorded the title "Graveur Pontifical" by Pope Pius IX in 1864. The medal is elegantly surrounded by an engraved frame with delicate silver beading.

This master French engraver was accorded the title "Graveur Pontifical" by Pope Pius IX in 1864. The medal is elegantly surrounded by an engraved frame with delicate silver beading.

Ludovic Penin 1830 - 1868, French master engraver was accorded the title "Graveur Pontifical" by Pope Pius IX in 1864. The medal is elegantly surrounded by an engraved frame with del...