Tadini Academy of Fine Arts ---

The count's cultural project fits within the lively debate on the educational function of the Museum supported by Enlightenment principles and a strong civic sense that saw the birth, between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of 'establishments' or 'institutes' of Fine Arts of private origin: the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo (1795), the Paolo Tosio Pinacoteca in Brescia (1832), the Malaspina Fine Arts Establishment in Pavia (1833), the Ala Ponzone Institute in Cremona (1842), which are at the origin of the current Lombard museum system. Among these, the Academy is the only one to have kept united, in its original location, the collections, the library and the historical archive, and this, together with its fortunate scenic location on the lake, gives it a unique charm. Count Tadini frequented Lovere with his family