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.Right: PORTRAIT OF A BOYGreek insular marble The juvenile features of the face resemble those of the portraits of Caracalla as a boy; of the years between the late second and the early third century ADLeft: STATUE OF HERCULES in gilded bronze; Sculpture; 2nd century BC; Bronze; cm 241.The statue originated in the Forum Boarium; where it was found during the pontificate of Sixtus IV. The statue must have represented the cult statue whithin the round temple dedicated to the Greek hero in the second century BC. The statue's proportions and strong modeling demonstrate that it was based on Greek models of the fourth century BC; close to the Lysippic style. A recent hypothesis suggests that it could have derived directly from the mold of a bronze statue of that period.