Museo della Musica - Portraits of Arrigo Serato, Gaetano Donizetti, Isabella Angela Colbran, Christoph Willibald Gluck and presumed portrait of Antonio Vivaldi

Did you know you can look music in the eye in Bologna? The Museo della Musica boasts a collection of portraits of iconic composers like Mozart, Rameau, Tartini, Gluck, Vivaldi, Cimarosa, Paisiello, Jommelli, Scarlatti, Porpora, Haendel, Farinelli, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner. This collection was envisioned by Padre Martini in the 18th century, who aimed to create a visual companion to his "History of Music". (Portraits of Arrigo Serato, s.i.; Gaetano Donizetti, Inv. B 11772 / B 39095; Isabella Angela Colbran, Inv. B 28820 / B 38226; Christoph Willibald Gluck, Inv. B 11820 / B 39142; Antonio Vivaldi, Inv. B 38490)