collecting history

Various sculptures from the Torlonia collection that appear in the current exhibition in Rome (see ‘Further information' on p.37). In the centre, a goat can be seen in the foreground, then a crouching warrior and two statues of a satyr, while along the far wall two statues of Isis flank the Hestia Giustiniani, a female goddess (in the alcove).

Torlonia marbles: An archaeology of a 19th-century antiquities collection

The sculptures making up the Torlonia marbles provide a potent glimpse of life in ancient Rome. But this 19th-century collection is also an artefact in its own right.