The VIVE
Collection

Conceived and directed by VIVE Director Dr. Edith Gabrielli, the project aims to provide a systematic cataloguing of the Institute's collections.

So far, more than 550 entries have been compiled (in both English and Italian) by seventy-nine experts, all of whom have been coordinated by three distinguished academics:

• Alessandro Tomei, former full professor of Medieval Art History at the Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara (entries on medieval art);
• Barbara Agosti, full professor of Early Modern Art History at Tor Vergata University, Rome (entries on early modern art);
• Valerio Terraroli, full professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History, University of Verona (entries on modern and contemporary art).

The research and cataloguing work has led to a critical reevaluation of the artworks—including those in storage—with revised attributions and dating. As a result of this project, essential elements have emerged for all of VIVE’s preservation and valorization activities, including conservation, the design of new displays, and a temporary exhibitions program.

The catalog entries devoted to Medieval art, to the fifteenth century, to the to the sixteenth century, to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are available online: explore them now.
Catalog entries devoted to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be available from December 18, 2025.

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For more information, see the Ministry of Culture Guidelines (DM 108/2024) (in Italian) and our Regulations (in English).