This monument in honour of Antonio Maria Valsalva – a marble medallion and a marble tablet surrounded by a fresco – can be seen in an upper gallery of the Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio (Piazza Galvani 1), Bologna. The marble medallion is a work by italian sculptor Angelo Piò, an exponent of the late baroque school.
The latin inscription on the marble tablet reads as follows: “D. O. M. / ANTONII. MARIAE. VALSALVAE / IMOLENSIS / PHIL. MED. CHIRUR. ANATOM. / NOBILISSIMI / MARMOREUM SIMULACRUM / UTRAQ. ARTISTAR. UNIVERSITAS / IN CELEBERRIMO HOC LOCO POSUIT / UT CUIUS NOMEN SCRIPTA INVENTA / SEMPER NOTISSIMA FUTURA SINT / EIUS FACIES NE A POSTERIS IGNORETUR. / OBIJT A CIƆ IƆCCXXIII POSTRID KAL FEB VIX / A LVII D XV IN HOC AUTEM ARCHIGYM IN / QUO HONORARIUS QUOQUE ANATOM LECT / FUIT SUSTINUIT A XXVI INCIS ET OSTENS ANAT / MUNUS AD QUOD ANTE PUBLICE / CONDUCTUS FUERAT NEMO”.
- Photos by Luca Borghi @ (June 2009)
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