Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Politics and culture in the age of Christina. Acta from a Conference held at the Wenner-Gren Center in Stockholm, May 4–6 , 1995 Edited by Marie-Louise Rodén Abstract Christina of Sweden (1626–1689) has been the object of both scholarly and popular interest in the three centuries that have passed since her death. This attention is related to the breadth of her influence on 17-th century European civilization. Thus, politics and culture in the age of Christina was the subject of a conference held in Stockholm in May 1995 and sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Center Foundation. The first section of the volume treats the relationship of politics and the arts in the age of absolutism as well as Christina’s political environment in Sweden and, from 1655, in Italy. Christina’s unfinished Autobiography is reexamined on the basis of previously unstudied manuscript variants and her religious profile is discussed. A second section treats Christina’s relationship to the arts. Christina’s role in Roman ceremonies and processions is examined. Contents Marie-Louise Rodén, ‘Foreword’ Theodore K. Rabb, ‘Politics and the arts in the age of Christina’ Jan Glete, ‘Absolutism or dynamic leadership?…

Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Nicola Pio as a collector of drawings By Per Bjurström Abstract Nicola Pio, who was born c. 1677 and can be traced until 1733, was a connoisseur and collector living in Rome. His primary interest was in prints and he formed a collection, the main part of which is still preserved in the Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe at Farnesina in Rome. His interest then turned to drawings and he wrote a work on 225 painters, sculptors and architects (1724), to which he added portraits of all the artists treated, as well as a collection of drawings by them. One hundred and sixty portraits have survived, most of them in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. Another 70 drawings from his collection have been identified. The present book presents an account of Pio’s activity as a collector and a catalogue of known portraits and drawings from his collection. Contents Foreword Literature quoted in abbreviated form Introduction The print collection Vite The portraits The drawings Drawings in the Louvre Catalogue Artists portrayed Concordance Clark-Bjurström Index of artists Bibliographical information Per Bjurström, Nicola Pio as a collector of drawings (Suecoromana. Studia…

Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Docto peregrino. Roman studies in honour of Torgil Magnusson Edited by Thomas Hall, Börje Magnusson & Carl Nylander Preface As Torgil Magnusson retires after more than thirty years as teacher and professor of Art History at the Swedish Institute in Rome, the Board of the Institute and his colleagues, students and friends—many of whom acquired their love of Renaissance and Baroque architecture and art from him—are happy to present him with this volume of Roman Studies. It is no small token of Torgil Magnusson’s contribution to Swedish art historical studies that his Festschrift introduces a new series of Art History publications from the Institute—a series which his scholarship and creative teaching have done so much to make possible. Roland Pålsson, Chairman of the Board of the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome Contents ‘Tabula gratulatoria’, pp. 6–11. Thomas Hall, ‘Torgil Magnusson—Doctus peregrinus’, pp. 12–19. Per Bjurström, ‘Queen Christina and contemporary art’, pp. 20–29. Börje Blomé, ‘Town planning—The debate in post-war Italy’, pp. 30–50. Hans Henrik Brummer, ‘”Among the shining antique marbles”. Victor Rydberg’s essays on Antinous’, pp. 51–77. Gerhard Eimer, ‘Simon Felice Delinos Macchina funerale…