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Museo Civico Archeologico
Via dell'Archiginnasio 2 - 40124 Bologna
Tel. 051.27.57.211
Direzione e Uffici
Via de' Musei 8 – 40124 Bologna
Tel. 051.27.57.211 - Fax 051.26.65.16
mca@comune.bologna.it
This room, dedicated to Greek and Roman sculpture, has maintained its original appearance as the arrangement of busts and portraits on shelves faithfully reflects an 18th-century museographical concept linked to the tradition of great collections.
The sculptures originate in equal measure from the University and Palagi collections; overall, they consist of works produced for the most part in workshops of the Imperial Roman period, both of replicas and re-workings of Greek models, and original public and private portraits.
Among the earliest are sculptures derived from Hellenistic creations; in the latter group, private portraits constitute the most important group, ranging chronologically from the Julian and Claudian era to the 4th century ad. The presence of some pseudo-antique pieces – modern works imitating originals – is notable; these provide an interesting example of the revival of interest in Antiquity that was so far-reaching in the 16th and 17th century.