THE CAPITOLINE MUSEUMS (Musei Capitolini) IN ROME; ITALY. The creation of the Capitoline Museums has been traced back to 1471; when Pope Sixtus IV donated a group of bronze statues of great symbolic value to the People of Rome. The collections are closely linked to the city of Rome; and most of the exhibits come from the city itself.THE HALL OF EMPERORSLeft : seated statue of HELEN; mother of Constantine. (Statue : 2nd century AD Head: 320-325 AD)Portraits of the emperors and empresses and other important personages of the Imperial Age are lined up on the marble shelves along the wall; though in some cases their attribution is in doubt. The collection testifies the development of Roman portrait painting from the Imperial Age to the Late Ancient period.