The Gallery of Cardinal Silvio Valenti-Gonzaga in Rome by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1749) is a masterpiece of eighteenth-century gallery painting. The work depicts a vast architectural interior, rendered with masterful perspective, where walls and vaults are entirely covered with paintings, sculptures, and precious objects, faithfully reproducing the collection of Cardinal Valenti-Gonzaga. At the center, the cardinal himself appears among scholars and connoisseurs, emphasizing the social and cultural role of collecting as a place of prestige and intellectual exchange.
Pannini combines accuracy and invention: many of the works represented truly belonged to the collection, yet the ensemble takes on the value of an “ideal museum,” in line with the encyclopedic taste of the Enlightenment. The warm palette, harmonious composition, and play of light give the painting a celebratory tone, turning it into a manifesto of cultural magnificence.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper with frame Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm With frame: 30 x 40 cm Material: Printed on high-quality handmade Amalfi paper with frayed edges. Frame: Light brown beech wood and handmade wood pulp.
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