Antiquities in Motion

Barbara Furlotti presents a dynamic interpretation of the early modern market for antiquities, relying on the innovative notion of archaeological finds as mobile items. She reconstructs the journey of ancient objects from digging sites to venues where they were sold, such as Roman marketplaces and antiquarians' storage spaces; to sculptors' workshops, where they were restored; ...

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Barbara Furlotti presents a dynamic interpretation of the early modern market for antiquities, relying on the innovative notion of archaeological finds as mobile items. She reconstructs the journey of ancient objects from digging sites to venues where they were sold, such as Roman marketplaces and antiquarians' storage spaces; to sculptors' workshops, where they were restored; and to Italian and other European collections, where they arrived after complicated and costly travel over land and sea. She shifts the attention away from collectors to the elusive peasants with shovels, dealers and middlemen, and restorers who unearthed, cleaned up and repaired or remade objects, recuperating the role these actors played in Rome's socioeconomic structure. Furlotti also examines the changes in economic value, meaning, and appearance that antiquities underwent as they moved from person to person during their journey and as they reached the locations in which they were displayed. Drawing on vast unpublished archival material, she offers answers to novel questions: How were antiquities excavated? How and where did peasants, merchants, and agents trade them? How was a price agreed upon between sellers and buyers? How were laws about the ownership of ancient finds made, followed, and evaded?

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Brought to light: digging in and around Rome -- Chapter 2. Marketing antiquities: marketplaces, companies, and shops -- Chapter 3. Acquiring meanings, gaining value: antiquarians and the market for antiquities -- Chapter 4. From restoration to sale: antiquities in sculptors' workshops -- Chapter 5. The price of collecting: acquiring antiquities in sixteenth-century Rome -- Chapter 6. The other side of the coin: collecting meets illegality -- Chapter 7. Exporting antiquities: the rules and the practice -- Chapter 8. Moving antiquities around -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Paul IV's motu proprio for the protection of Roman antiquities, [20 December] 1556 -- Evidence from Francesco Serason's trial for the illegal acquisition of ancient marbles, July-August 1557 -- Vincenzo Stampa's letter from Rome to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo in Milan about his possible appointment as "keeper of the Belvedere antiquities," 1 November 1556 -- Evidence from the trial for fraud against Vincenzo Stampa, 1569 -- Cardinal Luigi Cornaro's ban for the protection of Roman antiquities, 20 June 1570 -- Excavation contract between donna Ersilia del Monte and the "soci excavatori" maestro Oliverio Mariani from Ascoli and Giovanni Bonardo from Rocca di Cagni, 11 December 1573 -- Cardinal Enrico Caetani's revocation of all excavation licenses, 21 January 1588 -- Littera passus for Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy, 1 February 1588 -- Excavation license granted to Ginevra Salviati, December 1591 -- Evidence from the trial against Vincenzo Menichelli for unauthorized diggings, April-May 1594 -- Index.

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Brought to light: digging in and around Rome -- Chapter 2. Marketing antiquities: marketplaces, companies, and shops -- Chapter 3. Acquiring meanings, gaining value: antiquarians and the market for antiquities -- Chapter 4. From restoration to sale: antiquities in sculptors' workshops -- Chapter 5. The price of collecting: acquiring antiquities in sixteenth-century Rome -- Chapter 6. The other side of the coin: collecting meets illegality -- Chapter 7. Exporting antiquities: the rules and the practice -- Chapter 8. Moving antiquities around -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Paul IV's motu proprio for the protection of Roman antiquities, [20 December] 1556 -- Evidence from Francesco Serason's trial for the illegal acquisition of ancient marbles, July-August 1557 -- Vincenzo Stampa's letter from Rome to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo in Milan about his possible appointment as "keeper of the Belvedere antiquities," 1 November 1556 -- Evidence from the trial for fraud against Vincenzo Stampa, 1569 -- Cardinal Luigi Cornaro's ban for the protection of Roman antiquities, 20 June 1570 -- Excavation contract between donna Ersilia del Monte and the "soci excavatori" maestro Oliverio Mariani from Ascoli and Giovanni Bonardo from Rocca di Cagni, 11 December 1573 -- Cardinal Enrico Caetani's revocation of all excavation licenses, 21 January 1588 -- Littera passus for Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy, 1 February 1588 -- Excavation license granted to Ginevra Salviati, December 1591 -- Evidence from the trial against Vincenzo Menichelli for unauthorized diggings, April-May 1594 -- Index.
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