Museo Pio Clementino

Introduction
Hypogaei by James Byres
Funeral of Maria Clementina
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Paintings
Ganymede
St Cecilia
James Byres of Tonley
Portrait of James Byres
Dancing Cherubs
Hypogaei by James Byres
Piranesi plate dedicated to Byres
Head of child
Capriccio
Designs for King's College by James Byres
James Irvine of Drum
Sulphurs
Vases
Museo Pio Clementino
Statuette of Osiris
Melancholy remembrances
Acknowledgements

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The constant archaeological activity in eighteenth century Rome went hand in hand with a flourishing trade in 'restoration' and sale of antiquities to 'grand tourists'. Partly as a response to this, the Vatican museum of antiquities, the Pio-Clementina was founded in 1771 with the intention of providing a secure place for the display of antiquities excavated in the Papal States. Its collections are recorded in the magnificent engravings in this volume.