'''Larissa Bonfante''' (born March 27, 1931, in [[Naples, Italy]]; died August 23, 2019, in New York City, New York)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190829234435/https://josephlucchesefuneralhome.com/obituaries/larissa-bonfante/</ref> iswas an Italian-American classicist, Professor of [[Classics]] ''emerita'' at [[New York University]] and an authority on Etruscan [[Etruscan language|language]] and [[Etruscan civilization|culture]].
==Biography==
BornBonfante was born in Naples, athe daughter of professor [[Giuliano Bonfante]],.<ref>Annuario della Nobiltà Italiana, XXXI edizione (Teglio, 2010), volume III, titolati umbertini</ref> She grew up in Princeton, NJ. Bonfante studiedwould go on to study fine arts and classics at [[Barnard College]], earning her B.A. in 1954; she completed her M.A. in classics from the [[University of Cincinnati]] in 1957 and her Ph.D. in art history and archaeology at [[Columbia University]] in 1966.<ref>https://www.worldcat.org/title/early-etruscan-dress-studies-in-early-italian-art-and-culture/oclc/904031715&referer=brief_results</ref> She studied at Columbia with [[Otto Brendel]]. Bonfante received the [[Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America|Gold Medal Award]] for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement in 2007 from the [[Archaeological Institute of America]].<ref>"Larissa Bonfante— 2007 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement" http://www.archaeological.org/larissabonfante%E2%80%942007goldmedalawarddistinguishedarchaeologicalachievement</ref> She was a founding member of the American section of the [[Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici]]. She edited the periodical publication ''Etruscan News'' that reported on the activities of the American section.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190829234435/https://josephlucchesefuneralhome.com/obituaries/larissa-bonfante/</ref> In 2009 Bonfante was elected as a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2009/may/nyus_bonfante_expert_in.html</ref>
