Giacomo Mantovani and Gabriele Finaldi, during the donation of the print to the National Gallery.

The print donated by Mantovani to the National Gallery is an exclusive 1-of-1 edition print — from the LCKDN20 project — which portrays of an atmospheric image of the National Gallery during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020. The moment was captured on March 30, 2020, and test-printed 45 times, from 2020 until 2023

The print shows the National Gallery in the foreground, with its majestic facade reflected on the wet pavement below, creating a crisp and clear mirror image of the building. The absence of people in the frame adds to the eerie sense of desolation that was felt across London and many other normally bustling cities across the nation, during the pandemic.

Gabriele Finaldi, director of the National Gallery, received the donation on behalf of the National Gallery. Finaldi described the print as “an image of great elegance and poignancy,” which “documents an important time in the life of the Gallery and in the history of London.” Finaldi further described the LCKDN20 project as "an extraordinary photographic project, which is both aesthetic and documentary.”