



Backstage
Amid the fabulous works of art on display in the Pinacoteca’s many rooms, in addition to the many visitors there are also a large number of people working to make their visit a truly memorable experience.
Let’s see who does what behind the scenes at the Pinacoteca di Brera in terms of designing exhibitions, restoring paintings, preparing events and manning the desks
#raccontamibrera: backstage
#raccontamibrera is a narrative experience where Education Services staff involve their audiences in the exciting story of some of the works of art in the museum’s collections. The idea is to get people to write a single huge story of Brera based on their remarks and recollections as they admire a work of art.
The Education Services’ staff have been trained to illustrate aspects of their own lives through a painting or a work of sculpture, going through trial run after trial run in front of a television camera.
Tours and Special Events
The Pinacoteca di Brera is one of Italy’s most important state-owned museums and is often visited by VIPs or used as a venue for important events and conferences by leading art historians and experts.
The museum’s rooms and the Cortile d’Onore have been the setting for fashion shows during Milan Fashion Week and for performances by great musicians and singers, proving their worth as a flexible and multifaceted venue for fuelling dialogue and interaction among a host of different art forms.






Designing exhibitions
Every year the Pinacoteca di Brera hosts numerous exhibitions associated with one or other aspect of its collections, and it takes a lot of work by a lot of people (restorers, designers, registrars, curators, technicians, publishers and so on) to get the exhibitions ready.
Setting up an exhibition demands the utmost care and attention when shifting and hanging each individual work of art, installing temporary structures and preparing the layout. It’s a very demanding job but it’s also endlessly satisfying to see visitors appreciate the end result.
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Assumption of the Virgin
Lorenzo LottoSelf-Portrait
Legnanino (Stefano Maria Legnani)Cartone preparatorio per la Fortezza e la Temperanza
Ludovico CarracciView of the Grand Canal with the Fabbriche Nuove di Rialto
Francesco GuardiMadonna and Child with a Choir of Cherubim (Madonna of Cherubim)
Andrea MantegnaLandscape
Giorgio MorandiView of Villa Perabò, later Melzi, in Gazzada
Bernardo BellottoSt. John the Evangelist
Maestro della Pala SforzescaRebel Angel with White Moon
Osvaldo LiciniL’enfant juif
Medardo RossoSupper at Emmaus
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo)Madonna and Child with a Bird
Boccaccio BoccaccinoKitchen Still Life
Evaristo BaschenisMadonna and Child with St. Catherine, St.Ursula, St. George and the Patron, Theodoric of Chur
Simone da CorbettaDanza degli Amorini
Francesco AlbaniBust of Vincenzo Monti
Abbondio SangiorgioSelf-Portrait
Umberto BoccioniCoristi, bassorilievo
Ditta AndersonAngel
Bernardino LuiniSeascape
Jan Joseph van GoyenPortrait of Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg
Giovanni Battista LampiAnnunciation
Pere SerraThe Scorn of Cam
Bernardino LuiniFlowers at the Window
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Still Life
Giorgio MorandiSaint Catherine’s Body Carried by the Angels
Bernardino LuiniSan Moisè
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist
Vincenzo FoppaA Mother Entrusting Her Sons to Christ
Mattia PretiRhythms of Objects
Carlo CarràThe Martyrdom of Franciscan Friars in Nagasaki
Tanzio da Varallo (Antonio d’Enrico)Assunta
Guido ReniAdoration of the Magi
Ludovico CarracciAnnunciation
Il Francia (Francesco Raibolini)Flagellation
Mantuan PainterPortrait of Caterina Corbellini (?)
Carlo Innocenzo CarloniStill Life
Giorgio MorandiCrucifixion
Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)Saint Philip Neri at Prayer
Giovanni Battista PiazzettaMacerie dopo il crollo del campanile di San Marco a Venezia
Giovanni JankovichMoses Brings out Water from the Rock
Bernardino LuiniFishmongers
Vincenzo CampiPortrait of Carlo Della Bianca
Francesco HayezThe Nativity with St. Matthias, St. Anthony of Padua, the Blessed Alberto da Bergamo and a Donor
Giulio CampiPortrait of Bartolomeo Micone
Alessandro MagnascoPietro Rossi
Francesco HayezThe Poultry Seller
Vincenzo CampiFlagellation
Luca Signorelli
The Collection Online/ 669 records
The Lamp
Mario SironiMadonna and Child with St. Martha, St. James, St. Joseph and a donor
Girolamo GiovenoneStill Life
Giorgio MorandiBathsheba at her bath
Francesco HayezIntérieur à la baie
Maurice EstèvePortrait of a Man Praying
Herman RodeScenes from the Life of St. Columba
Giovanni BaronzioMother and Son
Carlo CarràHead of a Young Lady
Amedeo ModiglianiLandscape
Giorgio MorandiStill Life
Giorgio MorandiStudy of Head and Hands
Gaetano GandolfiThe Crucifixion with the Virgin, St. Mary Magdalene, St. John the Evangelist and St. Vitus
Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi)The Truck
Mario SironiLying Pomona
Marino MariniPortrait of Massimo d’Azeglio
Francesco HayezSaint Luke Polyptych
Andrea MantegnaMadonna and Child
Niccolò Pisano (Niccolò di Bartolomeo dell'Abrugia)Chiesa di San Marco a Milano
Pompeo PozziBaptism of Christ
Callisto PiazzaThe Agony in the Garden
Veronese (Paolo Caliari)The Marble Cutter’s
Carlo CarràVessel
Art of the Early Dynastic period in EgyptPortrait of a Man
Francesco Torbido named MoroChrist Carrying the Cross
Francesco ZaganelliVessel with Everted Rim and Lug Handles
Art of the Early Dynastic period in EgyptSt. Joachim and St. Anne at the Golden Gate
Bernardino LuiniThe Hebrews’ Song of Triumph
Bernardino LuiniThe Wrath of Mars Checked by Venus
Andrea AppianiThe Rest (The Red Cart)
Giovanni FattoriGiardini d’estate a San Pietroburgo
Karl Karlovic BullaMadonna and Child
Francesco Napoletano (Francesco Galli)Portrait of a Young Woman
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van RijnMadonna and Child with Saints Lawrence, Nicholas and Francis of Rome
Francesco GessiMadonna of the Rosary
Cerano (Giovan Battista Crespi)Errand Boy Seated on a Basket
Pitocchetto (Giacomo Ceruti)Mosaic With Two Heads and a Building in the Background
Northern Italy mosaicist (attribuited to)San Francis of Assisi
Bernardino LaninoRitratto di donna velata
AnonimoPortrait of Domenico Annibali
Anton Raphael MengsCamerino Triptych (Triptych of Saint Domenico)
Carlo CrivelliChrist in the tomb with two angels
Pedro BerrugueteAngels
Bernardino LuiniSibyl
Bernardino LuiniPortrait of Lucio Foppa
Giovanni Ambrogio FiginoThe Chanter
Donato Bramante (Donato di Pascuccio)Portrait of a Man
Filippo MazzolaBaptism of Christ
Paris BordonMarine Still Life with Scampi
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Sposalizio della Vergine, Raffaello
F.D. Sirtoli (Alinari)