Istituto nazionale per la grafica
The Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica (National Institute for the Graphic Design) is an Italian institute having the aim of preserving, protecting and promote a heritage of works providing documentary evidence of all types of graphic design: prints, drawings, photographs. The institute is located in Rome and is managed by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Landscape, Arts and Architecture of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. The institute is housed in the monumental complex of Trevi Fountain, consisting of Palazzo Poli and neighbouring Palazzo della Calcografia, built in 1837 by architect Giuseppe Valadier as headquarters of the Chamber Intaglio, directed by Valadier himself for decades.
Istituto nazionale per la grafica

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- Name
- Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica
- Founded
- 1975
- Headquarters
- Italy
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The Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica (National Institute for the Graphic Design) is an Italian institute having the aim of preserving, protecting and promote a heritage of works providing documentary evidence of all types of graphic design: prints, drawings, photographs. The institute is located in Rome and is managed by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Landscape, Arts and Architecture of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. The institute is housed in the monumental complex of Trevi Fountain, consisting of Palazzo Poli and neighbouring Palazzo della Calcografia, built in 1837 by architect Giuseppe Valadier as headquarters of the Chamber Intaglio, directed by Valadier himself for decades.
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The historic Palazzo Poli was purchased in 1978 by the Italian State, with the very purpose of unifying the National Intaglio and the National Cabinet of Prints, which in 1975 were merged into the present institute.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica • Established — 1975 • Location — Palazzo Poli and Palazzo della Calcografia, Rome • Director — Maria Antonella Fusco • Website — www.grafica.beniculturali.it
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• Illustration — Andrea Mantegna, Battle of two sea monsters • Illustration — Leonardo da Vinci, Study of an old man • Illustration — Étienne Dupérac, Anfiteatro Castrense
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1975
Istituto nazionale per la grafica established.
1975
Istituto nazionale per la grafica is recorded from 1975.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1053119-1, Istituto nazionale per la grafica.
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- Paola Staccioli, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica in I musei nascosti di Roma Alla scoperta dei tesori dimenticati della città Collana Roma Tascabile, pages 45–46, Newton Compton, Rome,
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1053119-1, Istituto nazionale per la grafica.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Istituto nazionale per la grafica is associated with Italy. Recorded from 1975.
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Palazzo Poli
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