



The history of the Pinacoteca
The Brera Gallery was officially established in 1809, even though a first heterogeneous collection with educational purpose existed already from 1776 – and then increased in the following years – alongside the Accademia di Belle Arti, requested by Mary Therese of Austria to offer the students the opportunity to study lofty masterpieces of art close up.

Brera become a museum to host the most important works of art from all of the areas conquered by the French armies. So unlike other important museums in Italy such as the Uffizi, Brera did not start out life as the private collection of a prince or nobleman but as the product of a deliberate policy decision.


Paintings confiscated from churches and convents throughout Lombardy with the religious orders’ dissolution began to pour into the museum in the early years of the 19th century, soon to be joined by artworks of similar provenance from other areas of the Kingdom of Italy. This explains why the collection comprises chiefly religious works, many of them large altarpieces, and accounts for Brera’s special aura on which later acquisitions have had only a minor impact.

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The Collection Online/ 679 records
Saint Luke Painting the Virgin with the Child
Jan de BeerMadonna and Child with Saints Lawrence, Nicholas and Francis of Rome
Francesco GessiMadonna and Child with St. Joseph, St. Catherine and St. Agnes
Antonio CampiCrucifixion with Saints Catherine, Francis, Bonaventure (?) and John (?)
Bernardino Giovanni Scotti e Giovan Stefano ScottiA Mother Entrusting Her Sons to Christ
Mattia PretiDavid
Bernardino LuiniSpring Pastures
Giovanni SegantiniMadonna and Child with St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Francis and Pietro Martire Stampa
Giulio CampiChildren Working in Alabaster
Adriano CecioniYoung Singer
Francesco ZugnoSaint Luke Polyptych
Andrea MantegnaPreparation to Leave Egypt
Bernardino LuiniLamentation over the Dead Christ
Andrea MantegnaHuman Flood
Pellizza da Volpedo (Giuseppe Pellizza)Prophet
Bernardino LuiniChrist the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist
Benozzo GozzoliLouis Lumière
AnonimoSelf-Portrait
Giovanni Ambrogio FiginoAnnunciation
Il Francia (Francesco Raibolini)Joshua Causing the Sun to Stand Still
Nicola MalinconicoDeath of St. Jerome
Lazzaro BastianiBacchus and Ariadne
Giovan Battista PittoniTransfiguration
Andrea Previtali called CordeliaghiPortrait of a Knight of Malta (Scipione Papafava?)
Bernardo StrozziSt. Ursula among the Virgins
Giovanni Martini da UdineThe Temptations of St. Anthony the Abbot
Giovanni Battista TiepoloDame à la voilette
Medardo RossoUomo a mezzo busto di profilo rivolto verso destra (recto)
Leonardo da VinciAssumption of the Virgin
Martin KnollerPutti Harvesting Grapes – Putto under a Vine Trellis
Bernardino LuiniStill Life
Giorgio MorandiPyriform Vessel with Distinct Rim and Lug Handles
Art of the Early Dynastic period in EgyptThe Game of Guancialino d’Oro
Bernardino LuiniSan Pietro che risana lo storpio
Simone CantariniAdoration of the Magi
Lorenzo Costa the ElderBust of a Young Woman
Bernardino LuiniLazarus and the Rich Man’s Gate
Nicolaus KnüpferPortrait of Caterina Corbellini (?)
Carlo Innocenzo CarloniFemale Idol, Beycesultan Type
Cycladic ArtPenitent St. Jerome
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)Portrait of a Lady
Antoon van DyckFlagellation
Mantuan PainterVulcan’s Forge
Bernardino LuiniStill Life with Pumpkin, Pears and Walnuts
Pitocchetto (Giacomo Ceruti)Saint Sebastian
Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Nicolò Luteri)Martyrdom of Saint Catherine
Gaudenzio FerrariLa petite rieuse
Medardo RossoMezza figura di giovane con profilo verso destra
Guercino (Giovan Francesco Barbieri)Virgin and Child Enthroned with the Doctors of the Church and the family of Ludovico il Moro (“Sforza Altarpiece”)
Master of the Pala Sforzesca
The Collection Online/ 679 records
Vision of St. Jerome
Pierre SubleyrasSt. Luke, the Virgin, St. John the Baptist and St. Mark
Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima)St. Helen, St. Barbara, St. Andrew, St. Macarius, another Saint and a Worshipper Adore the Cross
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)A Mother Entrusting Her Sons to Christ
Mattia PretiSanta Cristina
Ardengo SofficiSelf-Portrait
Legnanino (Stefano Maria Legnani)Still Life
Giorgio MorandiLe demon du jeu
Gino SeveriniThe City Rises
Umberto BoccioniLying Pomona
Marino MariniMystic Marriage of St. Catherine
Giulio Cesare ProcacciniStudio per Cristo e la samaritana
Simone CantariniThe Truck
Mario SironiPresentation of Jesus in the Temple
Vincenzo FoppaFalciatori
Ercole BalsamoTesta di Cristo
Artista lombardoAdoration of the Magi
Stefano da VeronaNymphs Bathing
Bernardino LuiniApollo’s Chariot
Andrea AppianiSt. Jerome in the Desert
Lazzaro BastianiOur Lady of the Annunciation with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian
Timoteo VitiCoronation of the Virgin with St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. John the Evangelist, St. Bonaventure and St. Ursula
Vincenzo PaganiSaint Catherine of Alexandria
Giovanni Antonio SoglianiAnnunciation
Bernardo ZenaleWooded Landscape with Abraham and Isaac
Abraham GovaertsGli Ambasciatori ritornano in Inghilterra, portando il messaggio con le condizioni dettate da Orsola
Ditta AndersonCesare da Sesto, Studi di bimbi
Ditta Ad. Braun & C.ieSaint Francis Meditating on Death
El Greco (Dominikos Theotokòpoulos)Chariot Race
Giorgio De ChiricoCoristi, bassorilievo
Ditta AndersonPortrait of Giuseppe Franchi
Martin KnollerA Teacher on His Chair with His Pupils
Master of ViolantriaChrist Crucified with St. Eusebius, St Philip Neri and St. Mary Magdalen
Pierre SubleyrasMadonna and Child
Bernardino ButinoneProphet
Bernardino LuiniColonne di San Lorenzo a Milano
Anonimo (Luigi Sacchi)St. Lawrence
Bernardo DaddiThe Madonna del Suffragio
Salvator RosaThe Toilette of Venus
Andrea AppianiMarine Still Life with a Lapwing
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Portrait of a Young Man
Giovan Battista MoroniDoge Francesco Foscari’s Removal (The Two Foscari)
Francesco HayezPortrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)Assumption of St. Mary
Francesco di GentileCapriccio with the Ponte Rotto
Luca CarlevarijsVeduta del Canal Grande a Venezia
AnonimoMadonna and Child with St. Job and St. Gothard
Marcello FogolinoSt. Peter
Fra' Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini)Jesus Preaching to the Crowds
Bernardino CampiAdoration of the Christ Child
Bartolomeo di Tommaso