Relics of Roman Identity: Re-Collecting the Lost Palazzo del Bufalo, Rome (c. 1450-1600)

Matthew Coleman, PhD candidate, University of Toronto (Art History)

The antiquities collection of the del Bufalo family was one of the largest and most influential in Rome, c. 1450-1600. Unfortunately, unlike richer contemporary collections (e.g., of the Medici or d’ Este), neither the Bufali artifacts nor their home exist today. This talk explores both the bookish and globetrotting methodologies used to reconstruct Renaissance antiquities collections which have been lost to time, in an effort to restore their extraordinary cultural legacies for future study.

Zoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86310345964

Co-sponsored by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto, the University of Toronto Department of Italian Studies, the University of Toronto Department of Classics, the University of Toronto Department of Art History, and the University of Toronto Archaeology Centre.