Antonio Pinelli

With the Oath of the Horatii, a picture that Jacques-Louis David (1748-1826) chose to paint in Rome, holing up in a studio close to Piazza del Popolo for almost a year, this artist exploded onto the European art scene as the unquestioned champion of a revolution in 'history painting'. He opened t...

One hundred and twenty metres long, the Gallery of Maps was completed in 1580. It was commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII and its walls are decorated with thirty-two large maps and eight smaller ones. It is the largest geographical representation ever made, with an incredible abundance of place nam...