Photo of the Week: Roman Sarcophagus with Griffins & Erotes Drinking from a Kantharos, Vatican Museums

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Photo of the Week: Statua di Augusto, Via Cesario Console, Napoli

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Photo of the Week: The Colossal Head of Augustus in the Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums (IV)

The Colossal Head of Augustus, dating from the 1st century AD, is displayed on the east wall of the open-air Cortile della Pigna (Courtyard of the Pinecone) in the Vatican Museums (Photo by New York Scugnizzo)

Photo of the Week: The Colossal Head of Augustus in the Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums (III)

The Colossal Head of Augustus, dating from the 1st century AD, is displayed on the east wall of the open-air Cortile della Pigna (Courtyard of the Pinecone) in the Vatican Museums (Photo by New York Scugnizzo)

Photo of the Week: The Colossal Head of Augustus in the Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums (II)

The Colossal Head of Augustus, dating from the 1st century AD, is displayed on the east wall of the open-air Cortile della Pigna (Courtyard of the Pinecone) in the Vatican Museums (Photo by New York Scugnizzo)

Photo of the Week: The Colossal Head of Augustus in the Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums (I)

The Colossal Head of Augustus, dating from the 1st century AD, is displayed on the east wall of the open-air Cortile della Pigna (Courtyard of the Pinecone) in the Vatican Museums (Photo by New York Scugnizzo)

Photo of the Week: Terpsichore, Muse of Dance, Playing a Lyre, Vatican Museums

Marble sculpture of Terpsichore, Muse of Dance, playing a lyre,
1st century A.D., Vatican Museums. Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Photo of the Week: Statue of Silenus, Vatican Museums

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Photo of the Week: Apollo with the Cithara, Vatican Museums

Apollo Citharoedus ("Apollo the cithara-player"), also known as Apollo Musagetes ("Apollo, Leader of the Muses"), marble, 2nd century A.D., Vatican Museums. Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Photo of the Week: Apollo Citharoedus, Vatican Museums

Apollo Citharoedus ("Apollo the cithara-player"), also known as Apollo Musagetes ("Apollo, Leader of the Muses"), marble, 2nd century A.D., Vatican Museums. Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Photo of the Week: Detail of the "Cleopatra Verospi" Sarcophagus, Vatican Museums

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Photo of the Week: The "Cleopatra Verospi" Sarcophagus, Vatican Museums

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Photo of the Week: Triton Carrying off a Nereid, Vatican Museums

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Photo of the Week: Statue of Pomona in the Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums

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Photo of the Week: Pomona Fountain in the Vatican Museums' Pinecone Courtyard

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Photo of the Week: Statue of the Goddess Hera in the Sala Rotonda, Vatican Museums

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Photo of the Week: Seated Emperor Galba in the Sala Rotonda, Vatican Museums

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Photo of the Week: Hall of Roman Statues and Busts, Vatican Museum

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Photo of the Week: Roman Marble Sarcophagus Depicting a Dionysian Procession, Vatican Museum

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Photo of the Week: Laocoön and His Sons, Vatican Museum

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