In addition, the museum is very easy to find – it is located in the Palazzo Pilotta, a stone’s throw from the Cathedral Square. The National Gallery has three permanent exhibitions. The first is devoted to the Italian painters of the 15-18 centuries, here you can see the works of Fra Beato Angelico, Leonardo da Vinci, Sebastiano del Piombo, Giulio Romano, Tintoretto, Tiepolo, Canaletto and Carracci. The second exhibition presents the winners of academic competitions of the late 18th century, and in the halls of the third exhibition you will see the canvases of the legendary natives of the city – the artists Correggio and Parmigianino.

The unfinished portrait of a girl by Leonardo da Vinci, Correggio’s frescoes removed from the ruined buildings of Parma, and the works of Parmigianino are of particular value in the Parma Gallery. Correggio’s collection of canvases includes “The Entombment,” “Madonna with St. Jerome” and “Madonna with a Basket,” while famous frescoes include “Coronation of Our Lady,” “Madonna della Scala” and “Annunciation.”

From the history of the National Gallery

The Pilotta Palace itself was built by Duke Ranuccio Farnese back in the early 17th century, but it wasn’t until a century later that the birth of the modern national gallery began in it. It all began with a painting by Correggio, Our Lady of San Girolamo, which in 1734 Charles Bourbon failed to take from Parma to Naples along with the rest of the Dukes of Farnese’s collection. Soon the city established an Academy of Arts and, in parallel, a new collection began to take shape, enriched by gifts and acquisitions.
Philippe Bourbon intended that the taste of the old masters should have a positive influence on the education of young painters studying at the Academy.

In 1816, after the end of the Napoleonic wars, many works of art captured by the French were returned to their homeland, also enriching the collection of the palace. From the rich collection, the Duchess Marie-Louise of Austria commissioned a salon to be set up in the palace with a permanent exhibition designed to highlight the merits of the paintings. The Gallery of Parma was born at that time, and in 1882 it separated from the Academy and became fully independent.

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A glimpse into history

Back in 1790, the King of Poland, whose name was Stanislaus Augustus, had the idea of creating a magnificent Royal Collection of Paintings. He ordered art dealers to form it. For five years, they diligently selected paintings for the gallery. However, the year 1795 came and with it the partition of Poland. As a result, the country ceased to be an independent state, and as a result, the king abdicated the throne.
As a result, art dealers, who by that time had already amassed a royal collection, were left without a customer. They were unable to find a buyer for the entire collection at once, and they eventually decided to make it for public viewing. At that time, the National Gallery of London was not a thing of the past, and the British Museum, as believed the art dealers, was too “aristocratic.
In 1807, Noel Desenfans, who had been behind the creation of the Royal Collection of Paintings, died. After that Francis Bourgeois decided to transfer all the collected paintings to the College of Dulchwich, but with one condition: that the paintings were open to the public. So 1811 is considered the founding of the Dulwich Picture Gallery. It was then that it became the first art gallery in London open to the public.

The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s extensive collection

The Dulwich Picture Gallery exhibits works by famous painters, masters from Western Europe. The splendid collection of British painters is astonishing. Most of the gallery is made up of stunning 17th- and 19th-century canvases, but you can also see paintings from other eras. There are works by great artists such as Rembrandt, Paul Ruben, Antoine Watteau and even Raphael.

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