The archive records of the Pontificia Accademia dei Virtuosi al Pantheon
{Rome) offer documents that enlighten the story of the Stanzani Collection.
This paper aims at presenting these unpublished records, at contributing to the
history of Islamic coin collections in Europe, in 19th century, and at shedding
light on the biography of Ludovico Stanzani. On the one hand Stanzani case
finds its place among the studies of individual biographies linked to that of
the history of museums through their donations and, on the other hand, his
collection testify an interest and a taste that should be considered among the
traditional studies devoted to the history of collecting.
