The Vatican Picture-gallery, founded in 1799 after Christ by Pio VI, is actually located in the structure projected by the architect Luca Beltrami on the will of Pope Pio XI.

To the first core of 118 works, initially hosted in the nineteenth-century Square Garden, through the years various works have been added, up to constitute a collection of 460 paintings, organised in the rooms of the Vatican Picture-gallery according to the chronological period and the school of style.

Room I – 12^th -15^th centuries:

• Giovanni Bonsi: Madonna with Child and the Saints Onofrio, Nicola, Bartholomew and Giovanni Evangelista
• Margaritone d'Arezzo: San Francesco of Assisi
• Vitale da Bologna: the Madonna of the Battuti
• Giovanni del Biondo: Virgin of the Apocalypse with Saints and angels
• Francescuccio Ghissi: Madonna of the humility
• Nicolò and Giovanni: final judgment
• Bernardo Daddi: Martyr of Saint Stefano and founding of his relics
• Allegretto Nuzi: Madonna with Child, San Michele and Saint Orsola
• School of Giunta Pisano: San Francesco and stories of his life
• Roman School: Christ Blessing, Prophet Amos, Prophet Moses
• Umbrian School: Processional cross
• Antonio Veneziano: San Giacomo Maggiore

Room II – 13^th -14^th centuries:

• Giovanni di Paolo: Late on dead Christ, Prayer of Jesus in the
• botanical garden, Annunciation, Tablet of Biccherna
• Pietro Lorenzetti: Christ in front of Pilate
• Lorenzo Monaco: Facts of the life of Benedetto, Sant'Antonio Abate meets the eremite Paolo
• Niccolò di Tommaso: San Brigida of Sweden and the Vision of the Nativity
• Sano di Pietro: Nativity and annunciation to the shepherds, Escape in Egypt
• Bernardo Daddi: Madonna of the Magnificat
• Gentile da Fabriano: Stories of San Nicola of Bari
• Giotto di Bondone: Stefaneschi Triptych
• Simone Martini: Blessing redeemer

Room III – 15^th century:

• Beato Angelico: Stories of San Nicola di Bari, Madonna with Child and the Saints Domenico and Domenico and Catherine
• Benozzo Gozzoli: Madonna of the Cintola
• Filippo Lippi and helps: Coronation of the Virgin, Angels, Saints and donators
• Masolino da Panicale: Dormition of the Virgin, Crucifixion

Room IV – 15^th-16^th centuries:

• Melozzo da Forlì: Group of little angels, Head of apostle, Head of apostle, Group of little angels, Sisto IV nominates Bartholomew Platina prefect of the Vatican Library, Angel playing the lute
• Marco Palmezzano: Madonna with child and SS. Francesco, Lorenzo, Giovanni Battista, Pietro, Domenico and Antonio Abate, Christ carrying the cross, Annunciation, Virgin with child in throne with SS. Giovanni Battista and Gerolamo, Sacred Family with S. Elisabeth and San Giovannino

Room V and Room VI – 15^th century

• Marco Basaiti: Madonna with child and San Giovannino
• Benedetto Buglioli: Stemma of Innocenzo VIII
• Lucas Cranach: the Old, Pietà
• Ercole de' Roberti: The miracles of San Vincenzo Ferrer
• Carlo Crivelli: Pietà
• L'Alunno: Coronation of the Virgin and Saints

Room VII – 15^th-16^th centuries:

• Giovanni Santi: San Girolamo in throne
• Perugino: Madonna with child and the Saints Lorenzo, Ludovico of Tolosa, Ercolano and Costanzo, San Benedetto; San Flavia; San Placido
• Pinturicchio e G.B. Caporali: Coronation of the Virgin

Room VIII – 16^th century:

• Raffaello: Miraculous Fishing, Delivery of the keys, Stoning of San Stefano, Conversion of San Paolo, Blinding of Elima, Garrison of the cripple, Coronation of the Virgin, The annunciation, The adoration of the Magi, The presentation at the Temple, Faith Charity and Hope, Madonna of Foligno, Transfiguration

Room IX – 15^th – 16^th centuries:

• Bernardino de' Conti: Portrait of Francesco II Sforza
• Giovanni Bellini: Late on dead Christ
• Leonardo da Vinci: San Girolamo

Room X – 15^th – 16^th centuries:

• Giulio Romano and Giovan Francesco Penni: coronation of the Virgin
• Tiziano: Madonna of San Niccolò of the Frari
• Veronese: Vision of Santa Elena

Room XI – 16^th centuries:

• Barocci: San Francesco receives the stigmata
• Ludovico Carracci: Trinity with dead Christ
• Cavalier d'Arpino: Annunciation
• Marco dal Pino: Mystic press and Christ in glory
• Barocci: Annunciation
• Girolamo Muziano: Resurrection of Lazzaro

Room XII – 17^th centuries:

• Guido Reni: Madonna with child and the Saints Tommaso and Girolamo, San Matteo and the angel, Crucifixion of San Pietro
• Andrea Sacchi: Vision of S. Romualdo, Mass of S. Gregorio
• Caravaggio: Deposal of the cross
• Domenichino: Communion of San Girolamo
• Nicolas Poussin: Martyr of San Erasmo
• Jean Valentin: Martyr of the Saints Processo and Martiniano

Room XIII – 17^th centuries:

• Pietro da Cortona: David kills the giant Goliath, Vision of San Francesco
• Orazio Gentileschi: Giuditta and the servant with the head of Oloferne
• Nicolas Poussin: Victory of Gideon against the Madianiti
• Guido Reni: The fortune held back by Love

Room XIV – 17^th century:

• Carlo Maratta: Portrait of Clement IX
• Baciccia: Vision of San Francesco Saverio
• Sassoferrato: Madonna with Child
• Daniel Seghers and Erasmus II Quellin: Garland of flowers with "Ecce Homo"

Room XV – 18^th century:

• Giovanni Battista Crosato: Madonna with child with San Antonio from Padova and a Saint bishop
• Gaetano Gandolfi: Triumph of Faith
• Pier Leone Grezzi: Martyr of San Clement
• Pompeo Batoni: Portrait of Pio VI
• Giuseppe Maria Crespi: Portrait of Benedetto XIV
• Donato Creti: Astronomic observations
• Thomas Lawrence: Portrait of George IV of England
• Francesco Mancini: Rest during the escape in Egypt

Room XVI – 19^th century:

• Wenzel Peter: Auto portrait, Battle of a zebra against a leopard, Owl with prey and landscape, Tiger, Adam and Eve in the Earthly Paradise

Room XVII – 18^th century:

• Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Antonio Raggi: Angel of the right, model for a statue of the altar of the Pulpit of San Pietro (first version), Angel of the left, model for a statue of the altar of the Pulpit of San Pietro (first version), Angel of left, model for a statue of the altar of the Pulpit of San Pietro (definitive version), Angel of right, model for a statue of the altar of the Pulpit of San Pietro (definitive version)
• Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Head of San Giovanni Crisostomo, model for a statue of the altar of the Pulpit of San Pietro, Head of Sant'Atanasio, model for a statue of the altar of the Pulpit of San Pietro

Room XVIII – 15^th – 19^th centuries:

• Arte Russa: assumption of the Virgin, San Nicola and facts of his life
• Giorgio Klontzas: San Tito bishop