De första renässansmuseerna i Rom och Florens

The first Renaissance Museums in Rome and Florence This paper argues that the archaeological and antiquarian research by the Renaissance humanists in Rome inspired Pope Sixtus IV to donate a collection of ancient bronzes from the Lateran to the Capitol in 1471. This led to the start of the musealization of the Capitol which culminated in the forming of a historical museum at the Palazzo dei Conservatori during Paul III's pontificate in the 1530s. Paul III's plan for the renewal of the Capitol included the transfer to the Capitoline Hill of the equestrian monument of Marcus Aurelius from the Lateran as well as Michelangelo's new design for the buildings and the piazza.