The Vatican Museums is one of the most important museum complexes in the world, housing incredible masterpieces from the Egyptian Age to the late Renaissance. The Vatican Museums hold a treasure trove of art and history, as well as an inestimable patrimony of our culture and our civilization. This volume focuses on the paintings to be found in the collection - including The Sistine Chapel. Contents: Introduction, Picture Gallery, Niccoline Chapel, Borgia Apartment, Raphael Room, Gallery of Maps, Sant Pius V's Apartment, Sobieski Hall, Hall of the Immaculate Conception. Text in English and Italian.