Gallery Museum Palace Valenti Gonzaga

The idea - Project

Opening the "walled heart" of the noble family Valenti Gonzaga’s old residence, casket of the Baroque art, now fully restored and permanently rescued from ruin, time and oblivion, has been like a dream coming true. Time after time this passion for art and historiographical research has encouraged and supported me in the realisation of the project for creating a gallery museum in the majestic Palace which saw the birth, growth and death of the Marquises Valenti Gonzaga’s magnificence.
Alfonso Rocco Linardi

Scientific Committee
Rodolfo Signorini – Virgilian Professor
Mariarosa Palvarini Gobio Casali – President of the Society for Palazzo Ducale in Mantova
Carlo Barrese - formerly Deputy Manager - giornali radio RAI
Rocco Alfonso Donnici - University of Urbino
Piero Gualtierotti – President of the Literary Prize Association Giuseppe Acerbi
Ester Gabetta - University of Pavia
Valerio Sometti - Editor -Mantua
Elena Aiello - Exhibition Manager
Alfonso Rocco Linardi - University of Pavia – Director of the Museum Gallery Valenti Gonzaga

Credits

For the reception of the museum project, a special thanks to:
Maurizio Fontanili - Chairman – Provincia di Mantova
Roberto Pedrazzoli – Provincial Councillor for Culture and Tourism
Moira Sbravati - Organization Culture and Entertainment, Tourism Manager
Tiziana Grizzi - Museums Office, Cultural Heritage and Museum System

We also thank those who have made possible the realization of this website.

For editorial assistance, editing and drafting of the texts
Mariarosa Palvarini Gobio Casali
Maria Giuseppina Sordi
Beatrice Linardi

For the articles published on local newspapers

Stefano Scansani
Maria Giuseppina Sordi
Paolo Bertelli
Luca Tolazzi

For the bibliographic references
Rodolfo Signorini
Giuse Pastore
Ercolano Marani
Augusto Morari
Francesco Monicelli

For the photos:
Andrea Premi, Archivio fotografico (Photo Archives)
Giuseppe Celeste

For the images of the works:
Gian Paolo Pannini, “La Galleria del cardinale Silvio Valenti Gonzaga” – Hartford Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art
Pierre Subleyras, “Ritratto del Cardinale Silvio Valenti Gonzaga”, Roma, Galleria Cini
Gian Paolo Pannini, “Benedetto XIV e il Card. Silvio Valenti Gonzaga”, Roma, Museo di Roma
Giovanni Cadioli, “Ritratto del Cardinale Luigi Valenti Gonzaga”, Mantova, private collection.

For the critical reviews on the painter-sculptor Alfonso Monfardini
Alessandro Dal Prato
Paola Artoni

For exhibition arrangement , interior design & modular solutions
Studio di architettura E.P.S. srl di Roberto Cordioli

For web design:
Giuseppe Celeste


Bibliography:

PALAZZO VALENTI GONZAGA IN MANTOVA by Mariarosa Palvarini Gobio Casali, Ercolano Marani, Giuse Pastore, Augusto Morari e Rodolfo Signorini edited by Rodolfo Signorini - Mantova 1993, published by Banca Provinciale Lombarda, Gruppo Creditizio San Paolo.
SCULTURA IN VILLA nella Terraferma Veneta, nelle Terre dei Gonzaga e nella Marca Anconetana edited by Francesco Monicelli - Editoriale Bertolazzi Stei San Giovanni Lupatoto (Verona) 2004 - Edizione Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Verona Vicenza Belluno e Ancona.