{"id":85823,"date":"2019-02-22T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/ecomsite\/a-dream-of-italy-the-marquis-campanas-collection\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:24:55","slug":"the-marquis-campanas-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marquis Campana&#8217;s Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>\u201c<strong>Giampietro Campana<\/strong> director of Monte di Piet\u00e0 in Rome, was one of the most brilliant figures of the Roman society of his time, and an eminently romantic character. He amassed the largest private collection of the 19th century but, carried away by his passion for accumulating artworks, was arrested in 1857 for misappropriation of funds. He was sentenced to prison, then exile, and his collection was put up for sale.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sic transit gloria mundi&#8230;<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The quote above is from the first information panel for the wonderful exhibition at the Louvre: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.louvre.fr\/en\/what-s-on\/exhibitions\/a-dream-of-italy\"><strong>A<\/strong> <strong>Dream of Italy: The Marquis Campana&#8217;s Collection<\/strong><\/a>\u201d up until February 18, 2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-85823 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/reve_ditalie-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/R\u00e9ve_d\u2019Italie-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Dream of Italy The Marquis Campana&#039;s Collection\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-88624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/R\u00e9ve_d\u2019Italie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/R\u00e9ve_d\u2019Italie-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/R\u00e9ve_d\u2019Italie-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-88624'>\n\t\t\t\tA Dream of Italy The Marquis Campana&#8217;s Collection\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/sabrina_and_the_ara_pacis-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_the_Ara_Pacis-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sabrina and a Fragment of the Ara Pacis\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-88626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_the_Ara_Pacis-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_the_Ara_Pacis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_the_Ara_Pacis-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-88626'>\n\t\t\t\tFragment of the Ara Pacis \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/emily_rowles_campana-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Emily_Rowles_Campana-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Dream of Italy The Marquis Campana&#039;s Collection\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-88621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Emily_Rowles_Campana-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Emily_Rowles_Campana-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Emily_Rowles_Campana-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-88621'>\n\t\t\t\tEmily Rowles \nSculpture by Vincenzo Gajassi\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In just a few words, this panel gives us an inkling of the astounding arc of this man&#8217;s life, with few equals in the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/en\/the-alana-collection\/\">collecting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly striking are the final terse words: &#8220;his collection was put up for sale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We can only imagine what Campana felt in his heart; out of prison, in exile, down and out, and seeing his beloved possessions scattered far and wide without being able to do a thing about it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>A banker as a well as a businessman, patron, philanthropist, archaeologist and collector, Campana was part of many economic, cultural, and scientific institutions in Italy and the rest of Europe<\/strong>.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is what another panel tells us.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition lets us appreciate his magnificent villa(photo below), no longer standing, visited even by the Pope himself, located near San Giovanni Laterano and filled with hundreds of artworks, as were his other homes in Rome&#8217;s historic center.\u00a0 Put simply, absolute glory&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88939\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88946\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Villa_Campana-scaled-e1670850169353.jpg\" alt=\"Marcellin Varcollier acquarello di Villa Campana\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watercolor Campana&#8217;s Villa by Marcellin Varcollier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And this makes all the more dramatic his unstoppable fall from the stars to the jailhouse, all the fault of his compulsive love of ancient art.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-85823 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/collezione_campana_vasi\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione_Campana_vasi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Dream of Italy: The Marquis Campana&#039;s Collection\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-88950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione_Campana_vasi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione_Campana_vasi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione_Campana_vasi-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-88950'>\n\t\t\t\tAncient Terracotta Vases \nCampana Collection\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/collezione_campana_della_robbia-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione_Campana_Della_Robbia-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Dream of Italy: The Marquis Campana&#039;s Collection\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-88949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione_Campana_Della_Robbia-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione_Campana_Della_Robbia-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione_Campana_Della_Robbia-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-88949'>\n\t\t\t\tAndrea Della Roobia Enamelled Pottery \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/collezione-campana-busti\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione-Campana-Busti-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Dream of Italy: The Marquis Campana&#039;s Collection\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-88947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione-Campana-Busti-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione-Campana-Busti-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Collezione-Campana-Busti-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-88947'>\n\t\t\t\tMarble Busts  \nCampana Collection \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>But, as we will see, his undoing would benefit certain people&#8230;In this regard, the text of the review published by the prestigious newspaper Le Figaro is very indicative:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Following Campana&#8217;s arrest, the Pontifical State put his immense collection up for sale.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The most powerful nations of the day, such as England, and leaders like Czar Alexander II and Napoleon III dove headlong into his collection, buying everything to be bought, so that not a single thing was left to him.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our poor Giovanni Pietro Campana, Marquis of Cavelli&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>This is how his &#8220;Italian dream&#8221; ended.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Even without the ending, Campana&#8217;s life in general seems to have been lived in the key of the ambiguous, the counterfeit, and the borderline.<\/p>\n<p>Even his vast, magnificent collection always had an &#8220;<b>ambiguous reputation<\/b>&#8221; as one of the panels reads.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Campana&#8217;s alleged embezzlement during his time as director of Monte di Piet\u00e0, the collection&#8217;s ill fame is due to the very many restorations that the pieces underwent, <b>especially the ancient marbles.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-85823 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/pastiches-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pastiches-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pastiches\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-88622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pastiches-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pastiches-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pastiches.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pastiches-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pastiches-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pastiches-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pastiches-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pastiches-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-88622'>\n\t\t\t\tMarble Sculptures of Marquis Campana&#8217;s Collection\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/sabrinas_choise_02-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrinas_choise_02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Dream of Italy The Marquis Campana&#039;s Collection\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-88629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrinas_choise_02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrinas_choise_02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrinas_choise_02-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-88629'>\n\t\t\t\tCampana&#8217;s Collection\nMarble Statues\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/the-marquis-campanas-collection\/a_dream_of_italy-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/A_Dream_of_Italy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Dream of Italy The Marquis Campana&#039;s Collection\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-86144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/A_Dream_of_Italy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/A_Dream_of_Italy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/A_Dream_of_Italy-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-86144'>\n\t\t\t\tAntinoo Marble Bust Campana&#8217;s Collection\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><b>There is a particularly irresistible bust of Antinous, Hadrian&#8217;s beloved.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>But reading the panels, our enthusiasm is reined in a bit.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Ceasar&#8221; only has original the upper and lower parts, while the head was reworked to resemble the Divine Caesar; and we learn that the statue called &#8220;Brutus&#8221; is like a Frankenstein with a body from one statue and the head from another.<\/p>\n<p>And the biggest disappointment is from our so seemingly <b>irresistible Antinous.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The description reads: &#8220;Only a part of the head is ancient, while the upper part of the skull, the bronze crown, and the bust are modern additions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>What can we say? Hats off to the restorers.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the next room, we get to meet some of them: the Pennelli brothers, heirs of Pierre Blanc, a sculptor from Marseilles who came to Rome around 1830.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88623\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88623\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pennelli_brothers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A Dream of ItalyThe Marquis Campana's Collection\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pennelli_brothers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pennelli_brothers-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pennelli_brothers-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pennelli_brothers-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pennelli_brothers-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pennelli_brothers.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Terra-Cotta Pennelli Brothers Signature<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The exhibition is an ongoing journey among sublime things, from the<b> Della Robbia <\/b>majolica pieces, to the gold collections, the stupendous cross designed by <b>Giotto<\/b>, the great battle of <b>Paolo Uccello<\/b>, and Etruscan and Roman jewels and artifacts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88625\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88625\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_Luca_della_Robbia-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Dream of Italy The Marquis Campana's Collection\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_Luca_della_Robbia-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_Luca_della_Robbia-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_Luca_della_Robbia-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_Luca_della_Robbia-68x90.jpg 68w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sabrina_and_Luca_della_Robbia.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Luca della Robbia Marquis Campana&#8217;s Collection<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Here is a magnificent example of Italian art&#8217;s innate capacity for creating absolute Beauty.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Put simply: an exhibition not to be missed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88630\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88630\" src=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Wonderful_exhibition-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Dream of Italy The Marquis Campana's Collection\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Wonderful_exhibition-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Wonderful_exhibition-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Wonderful_exhibition-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Wonderful_exhibition-68x90.jpg 68w, https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/v25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Wonderful_exhibition.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Campana Collection<br \/>Wonderful Exhibition<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5>A Dream of Italy: The Marquis Campana&#8217;s Collection<\/h5>\n<h5>Louvre Museum \u2013\u00a0Napoleon Hall<\/h5>\n<h5>from November 7, 2018 to February 18, 2019<\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGiampietro Campana director of Monte di Piet\u00e0 in Rome, was one of the most brilliant figures of the Roman society 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