Collezione Vespasiano Gonzaga
"Roma quanta fuit ipsa ruina docet" this is the epigraph that stands out on the Teatro all'Antica in Sabbioneta, a town that Duke Vespasiano Gonzaga wanted to rebuild as a new Rome: to this end, he built a huge collection of antiquities from scratch, some of which are today gathered in this museum.
Where is the exhibition section located
Piano 1
Hall of Triumphs
Hall of Triumphs
The Hall of Triumphs was originally intended for ceremonial purposes and housed the nine canvases of Mantegna's Triumphs of Caesar. The decoration of the room, influenced by Mantegna's style, included paintings by Lorenzo Costa, but the current layout has provided for a division into exhibition sections, namely those dedicated to works from the collections of Vespasiano Gonzaga and Giuseppe Acerbi on the lower floor, and the one dedicated to Ugo Sissa on the upper floor.
