



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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The Collection Online/ 680 records
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Ubaldo GandolfiDrinker
Arturo MartiniMother and Son
Carlo CarràThe Death of Adonis
Andrea AppianiVeduta del Canal Grande a Venezia
AnonimoStill Life with Pumpkin, Pears and Walnuts
Pitocchetto (Giacomo Ceruti)Vase with a Classical Scene
Manifattura di VolterraPortrait of a Painter
Fra' Galgario (Vittore Ghislandi)The Crossing of the Red Sea
Perin del Vaga (Pietro Bonaccorsi)Head of St. Ambrose
Northern Italy MosaicistMan with Halberd
Donato Bramante (Donato di Pascuccio)Joshua Causing the Sun to Stand Still
Nicola MalinconicoPortrait of Carlo Della Bianca
Francesco HayezBust of a Young Woman
Bernardino LuiniThe Road to Calvary
Lambert SustrisMonterubbiano Polyptych
Pietro AlemannoSelf-Portrait of the Artist at his Easel
Salomon AdlerIdol, Troy I Form
Cycladic ArtThe Rest (The Red Cart)
Giovanni FattoriMan with a Two-Handed Sword
Donato Bramante (Donato di Pascuccio)Flowers in a Glass and Book
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Tuscan House
Ottone RosaiStill Life with Eggs
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Black Topped Red Ware Vase
Art of Naqada IEvangelist in the Act of Writing
Master of the MisericordiaChrist Enthroned with Angels in Adoration
Giovanni da MilanoSt. Roch
Palma il Vecchio (Jacopo Negretti)Still Life
Giorgio MorandiStudio per Cristo e la samaritana
Simone CantariniMadonna in Glory with the Christ Child, Two Angels Musicians, St. Peter, St. Dominic, St. Paul and St. Jerome (Pesaro Altarpiece)
Giovanni Gerolamo SavoldoChrist Blessing
Alvise VivariniBalance
Osvaldo LiciniPortrait of Lord Donounghmore
Sir Joshua ReynoldsFranz Listz in abito talare
Ernst HanfstaenglYoung Lady (Female Nude)
Marino MariniCoronation of the Virgin with Saints (Valle Romita Polyptych)
Gentile da Fabriano (Gentile di Niccolò di Giovanni di Massio)Idol, Kusura Type
Cycladic ArtAdoration of the Magi
Jan van DornickeThe Sacred Fish
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Ophelia
Arturo MartiniStill Life with Fruits Basket
Gino SeveriniPortrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)St. Andrew
Mosaicista dell'Italia settentrionaleMacerie dopo il crollo del campanile di San Marco a Venezia
Giovanni JankovichChrist in the Garden of Gethsemane
Francesco CairoMadonna and Child and St. John the Evangelist and St. Michael
Giovanni Ambrogio FiginoFilemone
Giacomo ManzùCesare da Sesto, Studi di bimbi
Ditta Ad. Braun & C.iePortrait of a Young Man
Tanzio da Varallo (Antonio d’Enrico)
The Collection Online/ 680 records
Ritratto di donna velata
AnonimoSeascape
Jan Joseph van GoyenMadonna and Child
Ambrogio LorenzettiThe Family Concert
Pietro LonghiPortrait of a Knight of Malta (Scipione Papafava?)
Bernardo StrozziPortrait of Alessandro Manzoni
Francesco HayezPortrait of Massimo d’Azeglio
Francesco HayezDeath of Cleopatra
Guido CagnacciMadonna and Child
Gaudenzio FerrariPortrait of Luigi Scaramuccia
Francesco CairoChiesa di San Marco a Milano
Pompeo PozziSt. John the Evangelist
Maestro della Pala SforzescaAdoring Angel
Bernardino LuiniThe Hebrews’ Song of Triumph
Bernardino LuiniEcce Homo
Luca GiordanoSaints Faustinus and Jovita Appear in Defense of Brescia under Attack from Niccolò Piccinino in 1438
Gian Domenico TiepoloThe Young St. John the Baptist
Bernardo StrozziSelf-Portrait
Legnanino (Stefano Maria Legnani)Jesus Preaching to the Crowds
Bernardino CampiAngels
Bernardino LuiniMadonna and Child
Jacopo BelliniAdoration of the Shepherds
Ambrogio da Fossano detto BergognoneOur Lady of the Annunciation with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian
Timoteo VitiSt. Veranus with Two Angels and Six Stories from the Saint’s Legend
Maestro di San VeranoAdorazione del bambino
Bernardino LaninoAdoration of the Magi
Jan van DornickeFemale Idol, Beycesultan Type
Cycladic ArtReliquary-Triptych with Crucifixion, Annunciation and Thirty Figures of Saints
Bartolomeo da Reggio e Jacopino da ReggioMadonna and Child, St. James, St. Philip and the Family of Antonio Busti
Bernardo ZenaleMassacre of the Innocents
Bernardo CavallinoSt Bernardino of Siena with Angels
Andrea MantegnaPietà with St. Catherine of Alexandria, the prophets Elijah, Elisha and Gabriele Pizzamiglio of Quinziano
Bernardino CampiDoge Francesco Foscari’s Removal (The Two Foscari)
Francesco HayezSt. Francis with the Stigmata
Vincenzo CampiPortrait of the Artist’s Father, Gervasio Ligari
Giovan Pietro LigariVenus and Cupid
Camillo BoccaccinoMadonna and Child with God the Father and Angels
Ambrogio da Fossano detto BergognoneThe Men are in the Field! Memory of Venice
Mosè BianchiVessel
Art of the Early Dynastic period in EgyptSt. Charles in Glory
Giulio Cesare ProcacciniSelf-Portrait (back)
Umberto BoccioniSt. Stephen with St. Augustine and St. Nicholas of Tolentino
Francesco BissoloView of Gazzada
Bernardo BellottoDisputation over the Immaculate Conception
Girolamo GengaSupper at Emmaus
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)St. Luke, the Virgin, St. John the Baptist and St. Mark
Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima)Athenaeum
Giulio PaoliniThe Kiss
Francesco HayezPortrait of Benedetta Carminati Chisoli
Piccio (Giovanni Carnovali)Moses Saved from the Waters
Bonifacio de' Pitati (Bonifacio Veronese)