Until October 28th, it is possible to admire, inside rooms 2 and 3 of the Pinacoteca, an exhibition dedicated to the fascinating panels created by Lodovico Pogliaghi for the first volume of the work "La Storia d'Italia," focused on ancient Rome.

An ambitious editorial project that takes shape in the second half of the 19th century and aims to narrate national history through an engaging and accessible visual language.

The exhibited illustrations, presented for the first time at the National Exhibition of Turin in 1884, testify to Pogliaghi's exceptional narrative and documentary skills. With great historical rigor and artistic sensitivity, the author reconstructs the events of ancient Rome - from its Italic origins to the fall of the Western Empire - alternating the representation of major historical events with more intimate and reflective moments that delve into the psychology of the protagonists.
The exhibition offers the public an iconographic journey that combines the epic dimension of history with the more human and everyday one, thanks to the meticulous attention to details, costumes, architectures, and atmospheres of the time, the result of accurate antiquarian studies conducted by the artist in Rome, Pompeii, and various museums.

The panels, originally designed to be translated into engravings and printed with cutting-edge photomechanical techniques, are inspired by the European artistic trends of the time, particularly the historical painting of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Lawrence Alma-Tadema, thus helping to make the ancient world alive, current, and accessible to the general public.
An exhibition that celebrates not only Pogliaghi's artistic excellence but also the cultural value of historical memory, inviting visitors to reflect on the profound connection between past and present.