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.

The catalog currently contains more than 550 entries (in both English and Italian), which have been compiled 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 are available online: explore them now.
Catalog entries devoted to the fifteenth century will be available from March 27, 2025.
Catalog entries devoted to the sixteenth century will be available from June 12, 2025.
Catalog entries devoted to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries will be available from October 16, 2025.
Catalog entries devoted to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be available from December 18, 2025.

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