



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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Female Idol, Folded-Arms Form
Cycladic ArtThe Martyrs Cecilia, Valerian and Tiburtius
Orazio GentileschiCoronation of the Virgin with Saints Francis and the Benedict
Marco PalmezzanoTemporale
Michele PorsiaTransfiguration
Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis)Madonna of the Carnations
Andrea SolarioNursing Madonna
Luca SignorelliSaints Faustinus and Jovita Appear in Defense of Brescia under Attack from Niccolò Piccinino in 1438
Gian Domenico TiepoloDanza degli Amorini
Francesco AlbaniSupper in the House of Simon
Veronese (Paolo Caliari)Saint Luke Polyptych
Andrea MantegnaThe Crucifixion with the Virgin, St. Mary Magdalene, St. John the Evangelist and St. Vitus
Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi)The Family Concert
Pietro LonghiChrist the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist
Benozzo GozzoliNativity of Jesus with St. Elisabeth and the Young St. John the Baptist
Correggio (Antonio Allegri)Fruit Seller
Vincenzo CampiThe Elevation of St. Mary Magdalene
Marco d'OggionoThe Marble Cutter’s
Carlo CarràMadonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Zeno and Nicholas
Francesco MoroneChrist Mocked and Crowned with Thorns
Spagnoletto (Jusepe de Ribera)Moses Saved from the Waters
Bonifacio de' Pitati (Bonifacio Veronese)Putti Harvesting Grapes – Putto under a Vine Trellis
Bernardino LuiniSt. Jerome in the Desert
Lazzaro BastianiSt. Cecilia between St. Tiburtius and Valerianus
Antiveduto GramaticaThe Childhood of the Virgin Mary at the Temple
Bernardino LuiniSt. Luke, the Virgin, St. John the Baptist and St. Mark
Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima)Models in the study
Mario MafaiChrist and the Woman Taken in Adultery
Bonifacio de' Pitati (Bonifacio Veronese)Self-Portrait with Other Figures
Annibale CarracciThe Third National Shooting Competition in Florence
Giovanni EstienneBlack Topped Red Ware Beaker with Slightly Everted Rim
Art of Naqada IHoly Family
Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)St. Peter
Francesco del CossaSt. Helen, St. Barbara, St. Andrew, St. Macarius, another Saint and a Worshipper Adore the Cross
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)Madonna and Child
Paolo di Giovanni FeiStories of the St. Joachim and St. Anne
Gaudenzio FerrariStill Life
Giorgio MorandiThe Hebrews’ Song of Triumph
Bernardino LuiniCartone preparatorio per la Fortezza e la Temperanza
Ludovico CarracciSt. Joseph is Chosen as the Virgin’s Groom
Bernardino LuiniSelf-Portrait
Giorgio MorandiMadonna and Child with St. Catherine, St.Ursula, St. George and the Patron, Theodoric of Chur
Simone da CorbettaButchered Ox
Mario MafaiCylinder Vessel with Distinct Rim
Art of the Early Dynastic period in EgyptMadonna and Child with a Bird
Boccaccio BoccaccinoSan Domenico revives Napoleone Orsini
Benozzo GozzoliThe Scorn of Cam
Bernardino LuiniCamerino Triptych (Triptych of Saint Domenico)
Carlo CrivelliOld Beggar Woman with Guttersnipe
Gaspare Traversi
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Madonna and Child with Two Angels (“Soli Deo” Madonna)
Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)The Grazie Polyptych
Vincenzo FoppaSt. Helen and St. Constantine
Palma il Vecchio (Jacopo Negretti)Game with a Live Pigeon
Candido VitaliMadonna and Child with St. Anthony the Abbot, St. John the Baptist, St. Andrew, St. Victor, St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Nicholas, St. Mark and St. Lucy
Lorenzo VenezianoPortrait of a Young Man
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)Saint Mark Baptizing Anian
Giovanni MansuetiMartyrdom of St. Vitalis
Federico Barocci (Federico Fiori)Adoring Angel
Bernardino LuiniChrist Carrying the Cross
Alessandro MagnascoCoronation of the Virgin
Nicolò di Pietro (Nicolaus Paradixi)Madonna and Child with a Choir of Cherubim (Madonna of Cherubim)
Andrea MantegnaSnow in High Mountains
Emilio LongoniPortrait of Lucio Foppa
Giovanni Ambrogio FiginoSelf-Portrait
Palma il Giovane (Jacopo Negretti)View of the Basin of San Marco from the Punta della Dogana
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)Madonna and Child
Francesco Napoletano (Francesco Galli)Madonna and Child and St. John the Evangelist and St. Michael
Giovanni Ambrogio FiginoMadonna and Child with a Bird
Boccaccio BoccaccinoMadonna and Child Enthroned with Saint James the Greater, Saint Simon, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Bonaventura (Arcevia Altarpiece)
Luca SignorelliSt. John the Evangelist
Maestro della Pala SforzescaThe House of Love
Carlo CarràMadonna and Child (Madonna of the Rose-bush)
Bernardino LuiniHuman Flood
Pellizza da Volpedo (Giuseppe Pellizza)Madonna with Child and an Angel
Moretto (Alessandro Bonvicino)Mythological Scene with The Birth of Adonis in the Background
Bernardino LuiniCylinder Vessel with Distinct Rim
Art of the Early Dynastic period in EgyptJoshua Causing the Sun to Stand Still
Nicola MalinconicoChrist Enthroned with Angels in Adoration
Giovanni da MilanoTuscan House
Ottone RosaiSt. Jerome with an Angel
Giulio Cesare ProcacciniPietà
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)Self-Portrait
Legnanino (Stefano Maria Legnani)Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Giovanni Antonio SoglianiHead of St. John the Baptist
Giovan Francesco MaineriJesus Preaching to the Crowds
Bernardino CampiFlagellation (recto)
Master of the Poldi Pezzoli Diptych (or of the Cini Diptych)Prophet
Bernardino LuiniMadonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, St. Paul and an Angel Musician
Anonymous Lombard PainterAdoration of the Shepherds
Barnaba da Modena (Barnaba Agocchiari)to Barnaba da ModenaThe Virgin Leaving the Temple
Bernardino LuiniRebecca and Eleazar at the Well
Giovanni Battista PiazzettaStories of the St. Joachim and St. Anne
Gaudenzio FerrariThe Enchanted Chamber
Carlo CarràAfter Lunch (The Trellis)
Silvestro LegaNursing Madonna
Luca SignorelliDeath of St. Jerome
Lazzaro BastianiMadonna and Child with St. Athony of Padua
Antoon van DyckLandscape
Giorgio MorandiSposalizio della Vergine, Raffaello
F.D. Sirtoli (Alinari)