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Algarotti's choice of works reflects the encyclopedic interests of the Neoclassic era ; he was uninterested in developing a single unitary stylistic collection, he envisioned a modern museum, a catalogue of styles from across the ages.

For contemporary commissions, he wrote up a list for paintings he recommended commissioning, including to ask of history paintings from Tiepolo, Pittoni, and Piazzetta ; scenes with animals from Castiglione, and veduta with ruins from Pannini.

He wanted " suggetti graziosi e leggeri " from Balestra, Boucher, and Donato Creti.

Other artist he protected were Giuseppe Nogari, Bernardo Bellotto, and Francesco Pavona.