FRENCH LANGUAGE Giampietro Campana, director of the Pawnshop in Rome, built up the largest private collection of the 19th century, which included both archaeological objects and paintings, sculptures and Renaissance objects. This collection was characterized both by its quantity (more than 10,000 pieces) and by its quality, with many masterpieces, from the Sarcophagus of the Spouses to Paolo Uccello's The Battle and Della Robbia's sculptures. Through this unique collection, Campana highlighted the Italian cultural heritage at the very moment when Italy as a nation was emerging. After his
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