Rome – a Cardinal’s Dream

21 June – 23 July *
Weekdays 11am – 5pm (Tuesday closed)
Saturday 11am – 5pm
Sunday 2pm – 5pm

* This exhibition will remain open beyond the festival dates, until 20 October

The Picture Gallery’s second 500th anniversary exhibition will visualize what might have inspired Thomas Wolsey’s aesthetic and artistic ambition. While Wolsey designed his college in Oxford, Raphael and Michelangelo left their marks on Rome. Wolsey never visited the Eternal City, but as a member of the papal court he admired Rome’s power and understood how it was expressed in its art and buildings. With Roman drawings of that time, this exhibition creates a visual foil for a Roman Cardinal.