The newly established Academy, with its own “art collection” and artifacts from the excavations of Veleia, along with academic essays by students and paintings winning the famous annual painting competitions, formed the original core of the ancient Gallery.
The birth of a true public museum institution, which occurred in the early decades of the nineteenth century by the work of Maria Luigia of Austria, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza from 1816 to 1847, coincided with a further expansion and a definitive arrangement of the ducal collections, housed in the historic premises of the Academy.
The visit to the National Gallery of Parma takes place according to two distinct routes, starting from the Farnese Theatre, including works by Benedetto Antelami, Agnolo Gaddi, Fra Angelico, Cima da Conegliano, Francesco Francia, Leonardo, Correggio, Parmigianino, Dosso Dossi, Holbein, El Greco, Annibale, Ludovico and Agostino Carracci, Schedoni, Guercino, Nuvolone, G.M. Crespi, Tiepolo, Piazzetta, Pittoni, Canaletto, Bellotto, and Sebastiano Ricci.
The National Gallery of Parma route continues in the nineteenth-century halls with the exhibition of Academy works and portraits from the Bourbon period and of Maria Luigia, and concludes in the rooms of the ancient Rocchetta, where are hosted the works of the Parma School of the sixteenth century and especially of Correggio and Parmigianino, protagonists in Parma of the Renaissance period.
Information on National Gallery of Parma
Piazza della Pilotta, 15
43121 Parma (Parma)
0521 233309 – 0521 233617
pm-ero.gallerianaz-pr@beniculturali.it
from Tuesday to Saturday 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM; Sundays and holidays 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM; every first Sunday of the month 1:30 PM – 7:00 PM on the occasion of #MuseumSunday
Price: € 10.00 Source: MIBACT
