Busts and portraits from the ancient art collection of the Palazzo della Sapienza, restored and returned to public view after years of neglect, to preserve the memory of those who wrote the history of the Roman university.
Part of the artistic heritage of the Città universitaria, the portraits on display for the first time in the entrance hall of the Rectorate include scholars from various disciplines. The famous sculptor Giuseppe Ducrot created the bronze portrait of Ettore Majorana in 2006, while Pietro Canonica created the bust of Vittorio Scialoja. Adamo Tadolini, a pupil of Canova, is the author of the portrait of Gregory XVI, the pope who promoted the study of archaeology and expanded the collections of the Biblioteca Alessandrina and the Museums of Anatomy and Zoology. A new creation is the bust of the woman scientist Nella Mortara, a leading figure in experimental physics studies in the first half of the 20th century.
The precious sixteenth-century first edition of Andreas Vesalius’s “De humani corporis fabrica”, placed in the center of the entrance hall, introduces the second section of the exhibition, dedicated to knowledge and historical imagery in medicine. Display cases, showcases and panels illustrate medical theories and practices, with a selection of important sixteenth-century medical treatises, objects and surgical and anatomical instruments. Of particular value is the collection of pharmacy majolica lent by Altomani & Sons of Pesaro, including the pear-shaped vase of the physician Costanzo Felici dated 1551. Also on display are unpublished manuscripts, such as the will of Giovanni Colle, humanist and chief physician to the last Duke of Urbino, Francesco Maria II della Rovere, from the Municipal Library of Urbania.
The exhibition features the interactive digital installation “Museo dei Saperi”, intended at virtually explore the thematic sections that made up the printed library of the Dukes of Urbino, which became the Universal Library of the Studium Urbis in 1667. The exhibition can be visited by appointment on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (prenotazioni.pms@uniroma1.it).
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