



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/ 671 records
Doleful Premonition
Girolamo IndunoMoses’ Prayer on the Mount Sinai
Bernardino LuiniHannibal Swearing Eternal Enmity of the Romans
Giovan Battista PittoniSaint Francis Meditating on Death
El Greco (Dominikos Theotokòpoulos)Game with Hare
Candido VitaliSt. Peter Enthroned with St. John the Baptist and St. Paul
Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima)Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Ubaldo GandolfiAnnunciation
Pere SerraEcce Homo
Luca GiordanoStill Life with Soles and Coin
Scipione (Gino Bonichi)Adoration of the Magi
Marco d'Oggiono e Giovanni Agostino da LodiSaint Cajetan Comforting a Dying Man
Sebastiano RicciThe Nativity with St. Matthias, St. Anthony of Padua, the Blessed Alberto da Bergamo and a Donor
Giulio CampiPenitent St. Mary Magdalen
Giampietrino (Gian Pietro Rizzoli)A Great Sacrifice
Girolamo IndunoSevere comforted by Driope and Tavaiano
Bernardino LuiniPortrait of Emilio Jesi
Marino MariniThe Enchanted Chamber
Carlo CarràSt. Joseph is Chosen as the Virgin’s Groom
Bernardino LuiniAdoration of the Magi
Stefano da VeronaSt. Ursula among the Virgins
Giovanni Martini da UdineStudio di testa maschile di tre-quarti volta a destra (Cristo)
Federico Barocci (Federico Fiori)Christ Crucified
Cosmè TuraThe Hebrews’ Song of Triumph
Bernardino LuiniMadonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist
Vincenzo FoppaDoge Francesco Foscari’s Removal (The Two Foscari)
Francesco HayezMadonna and Child
Giovanni BelliniView of the Grand Canal towards the Punta della Dogana from Campo San Vio
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)Baptism and Temptations of Christ
Veronese (Paolo Caliari)The Victory of the Carnutes over the Normans
Padovanino (Alessandro Varotari)Saint Luke Painting the Virgin with the Child
Jan de BeerSt. Jerome and St. Catherine of Alexandria
Michelangelo AnselmiThe Sacrifice of Isaac
Jacob JordaensThe Egyptian Army submerged by the Red Sea
Bernardino LuiniSevered Head of Saint John the Baptist
Marco PalmezzanoMadonna and Child with Two Angels (“Soli Deo” Madonna)
Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, St. Paul and an Angel Musician
Anonymous Lombard PainterFlagellation
Mantuan PainterWooded Landscape with Abraham and Isaac
Abraham GovaertsStill Life with Fruits Basket
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Preparation to Leave Egypt
Bernardino LuiniSt. Justina
Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima)Pietà
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)Fruit Seller
Vincenzo CampiMartyrdom of Saint Erasmus
Sebastiano RicciFemale Idol, Folded-Arms Form
Cycladic ArtCamerino Triptych (Triptych of Saint Domenico)
Carlo CrivelliSaint Aloysius Gonzaga
Gian Domenico TiepoloThe God Father with Angels
Bernardino Luini
The Collection Online/ 671 records
Joshua Causing the Sun to Stand Still
Nicola MalinconicoMoses’ Prayer on the Mount Sinai
Bernardino LuiniThe Madonna del Suffragio
Salvator RosaStill Life with Pewter Plate, Shrimps, a Lemon, Glass Cruets, Bread and a Bottle of Wine
Pitocchetto (Giacomo Ceruti)Self-Portrait as Abbot of the Accademia della Val di Blenio
Giovan Paolo LomazzoThe Holy Family. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Simone Cantarini (called Il Pesarese)Le Nord-Sud
Gino SeveriniMadonna and Child with a Choir of Cherubs
Ambito di PeruginoA Great Sacrifice
Girolamo IndunoFlagellation
Mantuan PainterSaint Mark Baptizing Anian
Giovanni MansuetiSt. Helen, St. Barbara, St. Andrew, St. Macarius, another Saint and a Worshipper Adore the Cross
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)St. Jerome with an Angel
Giulio Cesare ProcacciniLa petite rieuse
Medardo RossoCrucifixion
Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)Madonna and Child with a Lamb
Leonardesque Painter (Fernando Yañez or Fernando Llanos)Saint Philip Neri at Prayer
Giovanni Battista PiazzettaEight Figures Studies of Peasants and Shepherds
Francesco LondonioPenitent St. Mary Magdalen
Giampietrino (Gian Pietro Rizzoli)Madonna and Child
Francesco Napoletano (Francesco Galli)Head in a Crescent Moon
Odilon RedonTransfiguration
Andrea Previtali called CordeliaghiThe Rest (The Red Cart)
Giovanni FattoriOld Beggar Woman with Guttersnipe
Gaspare TraversiSt. Cecilia between St. Tiburtius and Valerianus
Antiveduto GramaticaThe Assumption of the Virgin with St.Mark and St. Jerome, St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Clare; St. Francis
Moretto (Alessandro Bonvicino)Saint Louis of Toulouse with Two Angels and a Donor
Master of San Martino alla PalmaSeascape
Jan Joseph van GoyenAdoration of the Magi
Gaspare SacchiPortrait of a Young Man
Giovan Battista MoroniSt. Francis with the Stigmata
Vincenzo CampiPortrait of a Friar Dressed as St. Thomas Aquinas
Girolamo Mazzola BedoliReliquary-Triptych with Crucifixion, Annunciation and Thirty Figures of Saints
Bartolomeo da Reggio e Jacopino da ReggioChrist and the Samaritan Woman
Annibale CarracciStill Life with Fruits Basket
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Assumption of the Virgin
Martin KnollerSanta Cristina
Ardengo SofficiSelf-Portrait of the Artist at his Easel
Salomon AdlerAssumption of the Virgin
Lorenzo LottoBaptism and Temptations of Christ
Veronese (Paolo Caliari)Urban landscape with wayfarer
Mario SironiDavid
Bernardino LuiniLe demon du jeu
Gino SeveriniStudio di testa maschile di tre-quarti volta a destra (Cristo)
Federico Barocci (Federico Fiori)Christ Crucified
Cosmè TuraMonte Circeo visto dalla spiaggia di levante verso Terracina
Ottavio GiacchettiCoristi, bassorilievo
Ditta AndersonLa cité des promesses
Alberto Savinio (Andrea de Chirico)Madonna and Child with St. Martha, St. James, St. Joseph and a donor
Girolamo GiovenoneChrist Blessing
Alvise Vivarini