Devoted mainly to life in the Duchy de Parma in the 18C and 19C, especially during the reign of Marie-Louise, the former Empress of France who reigned in Parma from 1814 to 1847 ; many French painters are on show there such as Nattier, Mignard, Chardin, Watteau, Fragonard, Greuze, La Tour, Hubert Robert, David.