WISHBOOK 2012
Letter from the President of the Vatican City State
Letter from the Director of the Vatican Museums
Letter from the International Director of the Patrons of the Arts
WORKS IN NEED OF CONSERVATION
CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES DEPARTMENT
Miniature Bronzes from Ancient Ostia
Bust of Dacian Prince
Sarcophagus with Dionysian Procession
DECORATIVE ARTS DEPARTMENT
A Collection of Roman Weight and Scales
MEDIEVAL, BYZANTINE TAPESTRIES AND TEXTILES DEPARTMENT
Coriolanus, King of the Volsci
New Lighting in the Gallery of Tapestries
XV - XVIII CENTURY ART DEPARTMENT
Hagar and Ishmael
Idyllic Landscape with Shepherds
Two Paintings of St. Ildefonso
XIX CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY ART DEPARTMENT
Fontana’s Via Crucis
Drawings of the Life of Christ by Nicola Consoni
ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES DEPARTMENT
15 New Exhibition Cases for the Coffin Collection
Vatican-Louvre Coffin Project
Aquisition of 560 Volumes of Famous Egyptologist François-René Herbin
Feline Statuettes
New Display of Rooms I&II in the Egyptian Museum
Wooden Ushabti Box
MISSIONARY ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Eleven Beautiful Chinese Scrolls by Yun Shouping
Quipu from Peru
Elegant Chinese Ritual Water Vessel
Elegant Ceremonial Headdress
Six Panels from the Temple of Borobudur in Indonesia
Missionary Ethnological Photographic Collection
Ornamental Hook and Disc from Papua New Guinea
Arcade from the Palace of the Shah of Tehran
Embroidered and Painted Silk Tapestry
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Tours for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Restoration of over 600 Artifacts in the Vatican Gardens
Scala Santa
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LABORATORY
Scanning Electronic Microscope
X-Ray Diffractometer
Mass Spectrometer
THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR PATRONS, THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PLEDGED:
Fireworks at Castel Sant’Angelo	by Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Villarreal Guajardo of Monterrey, MX
Bust of Pope Innocent XI	by Liana Marabini and the Monaco Chapter
Sarcophagus of the Three Shepherds	by Rupert & Robin Hambro, UK Chapter
Mosaics in the Braccio Nuovo	by Robert LoCascio, New York Chapter
Mosaic with a Circus Scene	by the Walter & Lucille Rubin Foundation, through the Florida Chapter
The Collection of Cardinal Sfondrati	by the Ohio Chapter
Seven Ancient Roman Terracotta Lamps	by Edward & Stella Rzadki, Canadian Chapter
Decorative Theatrical Masks	by the Scott Family, Canadian Chapter
Small Glass Shaped like a Dove	by the Studio d’Oro LLC and the Haas Family, Texas Chapter
Augustus, Nero, Septimius Severus and Balbino	by the Williams Family, DC/Baltimore Chapter
Barocchi Crucifixes Collection	by Antonio & Suzanne Rea, Michigan Chapter
Our Lady of the Battuti	by David & Claudia Brown, Canadian Chapter
Crucifixion with Saints	by Fr. Michael Rock, O de M, and Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Buffalo, Ohio Chapter
Madonna Enthroned with Sts. Michael and Ursula	by the Kirkpatrick Family of the Canadian Chapter
Virgin and Child with a Goldfinch	by the Canadian Chapter
Camassei’s Cain and Abel	by Rick & Lisa Altig, Seattle Chapter
The Mocking of Christ	in memory of Mr. & Mrs. David F. Bremner
Madonna and Child with St. Mary Magdalene	in honor of Cardinal Francis George by the Illinois Chapter
Madonna and Child with Sts. John the Baptist and Jerome	by the Michigan Chapter
Madonna and Child with Sts. Anne, Elizabeth and John the Baptist	by the Louisiana Chapter
Portrait of Mother and Daughters	by the Villines Family, California Chapter
Wrestling the Beasts in the Coliseum	by Rick & Lisa Altig,Seattle Chapter
Christ before Pontius Pilate	by the Georgia Chapter
Colorful Molds from the Apse of St. John Lateran	by Greg & Michelle Pulles, Minnesota Chapter
Nativity and St. Veronica by Bernard Buffet	by the Minnesota Chapter
Cristo Giacente	by James & Annette Gifford, Florida Chapter
Gallery of the Candelabra	in memory of Sam Frankino by Connie Frankino, Ohio Chapter
Statue of the God Horus	by the Georgia Chapter
Head of Isis	by Mike & Jocelyn Charles, Canadian Chapter
The Mummy Board of Ikhi	by the Massachusetts Chapter
Statue of Isis-Lactans	by Peter & Shannon Burgener, Canadian Chapter
12 Month Patron’s Office Internship	partially pledged by the California Chapter