California and Northwest Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums
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California and Northwest Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums is an interfaith, not-for-profit organization charged with the protection, restoration, and preservation of human history as it is contained in the great repository of art and artifact in the collections of the Vatican Museums.
The California Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums is an interfaith, not-for-profit organization charged with the protection, restoration, and preservation of human history as it is contained in the great repository of art and artifact in the collections of the Vatican Museums.
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The California Patrons are actively creating video campaigns to raise awareness for the Vatican Museums and historically important restorations. From innovative 360-degree videos to fundraising efforts, we invite you to watch and experience our latest videos.
The California Patrons are actively creating video campaigns to raise awareness for the Vatican Museums and historically important restorations. From innovative 360-degree videos to fundraising efforts, we invite you to watch and experience our latest videos.
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1982
The Creation
On August 27, 1982, Father Miles O’Brien Riley officially announced the creation of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums. This would mark both the beginning of the California Chapter as well as the organization as a whole. Starting off as a committee of sixty members whose goal was to preserve the arts through the ages. What follows are some of our most proud preservation.
1984
The Fire in the Borgo
Raphael Raffaello Sanzio, Urbino 1483- Rome 1520 Fresco
1985
A Capital
Early Third Century A.D. Marble
1985
Silenus Cradling the Child Dionysus
Roman copy After a Greek original 300 BC Marble
1985
The Resurrection of Lazarus
Girolamo Muziano 1555 Oil on canvas
1986
The Spear-Bearer
Roman Copy After a Greek Bronze c.450-440 BC Marble
1986
Perugino
Pietro Di Cristoforo Vannucci 1508 Fresco
1988
The Vision of Saint Romuald
Andrea Sacchi 1631 Oil on canvas
1989
The Scraper
Apoxyomenos After a Greek Bronze Original c.320-310 B.C. Marble
1989
Sacrophagus with Polychrome Relief
Etruscan Late Fift-Early Fourth Century B.C.
1989
Hermes
Roman Copy The Late fourth century B.C. Marble
1991
Staircase Donato Bramante
Begun c. 1507 Villa Belvedere
1997
Crucifixion with Mary
Andrea Da Firenze c. 1370-1377 Tempera on wood
1997
Matthew 5-8
Paul Gauguin c 1892 Painted wood sculpture
1997
Madonna Crowned, with the Christ Child and Angels
Claudio Ridolfi 1600 Oil on Canvas
1997
The Deceased Christ and the Adoration of the Infant Jesus
Francescuccio Ghissi 1373 Tempera and gold on wood
1997
Madonna and Child between Saints Severino and Dominic
Bernardino Di Mariotto Dello Stagno 1512 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
1997
Sarcophagus of a Young Girl
Rome C. A. D. 270-280 Marble
1997
Monstrance with Saint Michael
Second Half of the eighteenth century, Gilded bronze, silver gilded silver precious stone inlays
1997
Monstrance with Grain
Northern Italian 1750 Silver, partly gilded, and glass 1750
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