The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages : drawn ...

THE MONUMENTS OF ANTIQUITY. II5
and the very fact that the Pope presented such statues to
the Romans, as well as to the cardinals and princes/ to be
publicly exposed in their palaces, goes to show that he, in
common with almost all Italians, felt no scruples on the
subject. 2 If he had considered the exhibition of nude statues
in his palace dangerous for himself, he would certainly have
acted ruthlessly in the matter. All that can with truth be
said of his hostility for antiquity is that, to Pius V., whose
interests lay entirely in religious matters, the statues of
antiquity, which were, in the eyes, not only of the learned men
di Firenze et alcune sorte di pietre mischie bellissime "), Urb.
1041, p. 117, 131, Vatican Library. Since the gift had only
been made by word of mouth, Pius V. confirmed it in a *motu
proprio of September 27, 1571, Ricci Archives, Rome. Cardinal
Este also received presents before his quarrel with Pius V. (see
Lanciani, III., 81 ; cf. Winnefeld, Die Villa Fladrians bei
; see in App. n. 52 the *report of Cusano
Tivoli, Berlin, 1895, 5)
of December 18, 1568, State Archives, Vienna. The two examples
of the Pasquino group which had been found near the Mausoleum
of Augustus and outside the Porta Portese also went to Florence
in 1570. The most important discoveries of antiquities in the
time of Pius V. were the monuments and inscriptions of the
brothers Arvali which came to light in 1570 outside the Porta
Portese, and which for the most part went to the collection of
Fulvio Orsini ; see Henzen, Acta (1874). An *Avviso di Roma
of October 25, 1569, relates the discovery of an antique which
had taken place in a rather curious way in the city : *" L'orso
del card. Orsino che sta legato appresso Pasquino grafiiando
I'altro giorno la terra sotto quella pietra di marmo, dove e fermato
Pasquino cav6 fuori moti giulii antichi et alcune medagUe d'oro
con una chiave d'argento." Uro. 1041, p. 169b, Vatican Library.
^ Cf. supra p. 112 seq. In 1569 and 1570 Albert V. of Bavaria
also received from Pius V. presents of antique statues ; see
GoETZ, Beitrage, 508, n. 2, 733 n. i. In Bertolotti, Artisti
Venez., Venice, 1884, 27, a permit to M, Soriano of July 14, 1571.
to transport from Rome to Venice " 2 teste di marmo antiche."
* Since scandal was given at Bologna by the nudity of the
statue of Neptune on the fountain there, Pius V. approved of its
being covered up ;
see Patrizi, II Gigante, Bologna, 1897, 62.