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Between 1768 and 1772, the Roman restorer Bartolomeo Cavaceppi published his renowned Raccolta d’antiche statue, busti, bassirilievi ed altre sculture (A collection of ancient statues, busts, bas-reliefs, and other sculptures), the first treatise dedicated exclusively to this subject.
Building on investigations into the broader art market in the Papal States, this volume contextualises the Raccola within the antiquities trade and the Roman publishing industry, and also examines it in relation to the restoration practices that developed in Rome in these years.
This provides the background to the first English translation of Cavaceppi’s treatise, making this crucial source on eighteenth-century restoration more widely available.
This provides the background to the first English translation of Cavaceppi’s treatise, making this crucial source on eighteenth-century restoration more widely available.
Price: $147.00
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill’s Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History
Publication Date:
09 December 2026
ISBN: 9789004708273
Format: Hardcover
Chiara Piva, Ph.D. (2003), “Sapienza” Università di Roma, is Associate Professor of Museology, Art Criticism, and Restoration. She has published several monographs and articles on 18th-century restoration of antiquities, including Restituire l’antichità. Il laboratorio di restauro della scultura antica del museo Pio-Clementino (Quasar, 2007).
Chiara Mannoni, Ph.D. (2017), Università della Basilicata, is Associate Professor in Museology, History of Collecting, and Restoration, working on the heritage protection in early modern Europe. She is the author of Artistic Canons and Legal Protection: Developing Policies to Preserve, Administer and Trade Artworks in 19th-Century Rome and Athens (Max Planck Institute, 2023).
Chiara Mannoni, Ph.D. (2017), Università della Basilicata, is Associate Professor in Museology, History of Collecting, and Restoration, working on the heritage protection in early modern Europe. She is the author of Artistic Canons and Legal Protection: Developing Policies to Preserve, Administer and Trade Artworks in 19th-Century Rome and Athens (Max Planck Institute, 2023).