Lucia Guerrini

Lucia Guerrini (1921–1990) was an Italian classical scholar, archaeologist and professor. After participating in the Phaistos excavations in Crete in 1957, she became an enthusiastic editor of the Enciclopedia dell'arte antica, classica e orientale (Encyclopaedia of Ancient, Classical and Oriental Art) under the auspices of Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli. From the 1950s, she taught Greek and Roman Art at the Sapienza University of Rome, succeeding Bandinelli as Professor of Archaeology and Greek and Roman Art in 1973. Guerrini participated in projects relating to Greek and Roman iconography, Coptic art and the Antinoöpolis excavations in Egypt.

Biography

Born in Lodi, Lombardy, on 31 December 1931, Lucia Guerrini was the daughter of Erminio and Velia Perniceni. While at high school, she developed a strong interest in Greek and Roman antiquity which led her to study classics at the University of Milan. She graduated with honours in 1954 with a dissertation on Le stoffe copte del Museo archeologico di Firenze. Antica collezione, published in 1957.