The Musée du Louvre is moving the Galleria Farnese to Paris, where the most extraordinary collection of preparatory drawings ever assembled will recreate the gallery in the manner of a jigsaw puzzle. The immersive exhibition design reproducing the Galleria’s vault will also include a second ceiling: that of the Camerino, a small room Annibale Carracci was given to test his designs.

The exhibition aims to give visitors a closer look at the engaging character of the work’s key architect, Annibale Carracci. The Galleria Farnese drawings and other sheets Annibale completed before leaving for Rome will highlight the 34-year-old artist’s determination to bring about a stylistic and intellectual revival. Never before had so many drawings for a painted interior been preserved, from the rapid sketch outlining the artist's initial ideas to the large cartoon measuring several metres per side, which contains a full-scale drawing of the fresco.