From the moment Pope Martin V arrived in Rome in 1420, definitively ending the Great Schism that had seen the papacy based in Avignon for much of the previous century, he announced his intention to restore the ecclesium urbis to a state worthy of its ancient heritage. Almost immediately, the city became a magnet for Italy’s finest artists, artisans and architects.

Through a meticulously curated collection of more than 170 works, including medallions, ceramics, sculpture, drawings, frescoes and paintings, Quattrocento in Rome: the Rebirth of Art from Donatello to Perugino maps that metamorphosis. It provides a compelling insight into the century that gave birth to the Sistine Chapel and laid the foundations for the High Renaissance that would make Rome truly glorious.