FIRST ROOM, or Mosaic Hall.--This beautiful mosaic was found in the
Baths of Caracalla, and represents full length figures and busts of
boxers, each occupying a separate panel, some having the names upon
them. The walls are decorated with scenes from the life of Constantine
the Great.
SECOND ROOM.--Early medieval frescoes from old churches. Frescoes cut
from the walls of the Church of S. Agnese fuori le mura. Paintings of
prophets and birds, from the crypt of the Church of S. Nicolò in
Carcere.
THIRD ROOM.--_We commence with the left-hand wall immediately on
entering the different rooms._ Crowning the Madonna, by Lippi; S.
Thomas receiving the Belt from the Virgin, by Benezoto Gozzoli; Scenes
from Life of the Virgin, by the same; S. Antonio, by Antonio di
Murano; Madonna, by Carlo Crivelli, 1482; Virgin and four Saints, by
Bartolo di Murano, 1481; Assumption, SS. Lawrence and Benedict,
Catherine and Gertrude--all three by Cola di Amatrice, 1515; S.
Jerome, by Santis, _in tempera_; mosaic flooring from the Palazzo
Sorra on the Via Nazionale.
FOURTH ROOM.--Holy Family, by Andrea del Sarto; Annunciation, by
Francia; Virgin and Saints in fresco, by Botticelli; Crucifixion, a
fresco; Baptism of Christ, by Cæsar da Sesto; a panel, by Perugino;
copy of the Transfiguration; copy of Giulio Romano's Coronation;
Deposition, by Luca Signorelli; S. Stephen, a sketch, by Giulio
Romano.
_From here we enter into two off-rooms containing_ statues, busts, and
reliefs, representing North American Indian life, by Pettrich.
FIFTH ROOM.--Madonna of the Belt, by Spagna; the Virgin with S. John
and S. Jerome, by Marko Palmezzano, 1500; three tapestries; S. Peter,
by Fra Bartolomeo; Sixtus V., by Domenichino; S. Paul, by Bartolomeo;
Madonna and Saints, by Palmezzano; Sixtus V. as Cardinal Peretti, by
Sassoferrato; mythological subject, by Paul Veronese; a Pagan
Sacrifice, by Caravaggio.
SIXTH ROOM.--Cartoons of Volterra; Annunciation, by Arpino; Christ and
the Tribute Money, by Caravaggio; the Supper at Emmaus, by Caravaggio;
copy of Guercino's Assumption, original in Russia; copy of
Domenichino's S. Andrew; "The First Gentleman in Europe," by Lawrence;
S. Thomas, by Cammuccini; a Head, by Vandyck.
SEVENTH ROOM.--Cartoons of Maratta's, for S. Peter's dome; a Greek
Baptism, by Nocchi, 1840. The last room contains plaster casts of
ancient statues.
_On the left coming out of the Museum is the back entrance to the
Church of S. John. Enter here, and pass out to the front._ The bronze
statue on the left of the back portico is that of Henry of Navarre.