



Other Institutes

Accademia di Brera
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera or Brera Fine Arts Academy, better known as the Accademia di Brera, is a state-run university situated in the Palazzo di Brera.
It is one of the oldest such schools in Italy, a living emblem of the history and the artists that have forged Italian art, making their mark on our country’s history and contributing to interaction between science, literature and the arts since 1776. The school continues today to play a leading role in the world of cultural creativity with unflagging enthusiasm.
Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere
Napoleon founded the Istituto Lombardo in 1797, modelling it on the Institut de France, for the purpose of collecting and cataloguing discoveries and of perfecting the arts and sciences.

When Napoleon fell, the Istituto was initially taken over by the Austrian government and later (in 1859) by the Italian government. Its president in 1859 was Alessandro Manzoni. The Istituto, which has worked without a break since it was founded, is now managed independently under the auspices of the Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo.

Museo astronomico –
Orto botanico di Brera
The Orto Botanico di Brera or Brera Botanical Garden, created under Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1774, offers visitors a small haven of peace in the heart of the bustling city.
It hosts rwo of the oldest examples of the ginko biloba tree in Europe, a 40-metre lime tree and a Caucasian walnut tree.
The fascinating seat of the Museo Astronomico, or Astronomical Museum, houses a collection of old scientific instruments belonging to the Osservatorio Astronomico.
The museum is now part of the Università degli Studi di Milano.
Osservatorio astronomico
The Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), or Brera Astronomical Observatory, is a research institute of international standing and Milan’s oldest scientific institution.
It became one of the Italian Republic’s official scientific institutions in 1946 and joined the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in 2001.
The observatory has been housed in Palazzo di Brera since 1762, when Father Lagrange first promoted professional astronomical observation and research in Milan.
Amici di Brera
One of the oldest associations in Milan, the Amici di Brera or Friends of Brera have focused from the outset on promoting the conservation and enhancement of the historic Palazzo di Brera, with the museums and research institutes it hosts, and of Milan’s other civic museums, organising conferences, lectures, tours and trips in Milan, in Italy and abroad, as well as running educational activities and refresher courses. They support the institutions through direct sponsorship, fundraising campaigns and donations.
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Head of an Old Man (front); Bust of a Girl (back)
Palma il Giovane (Jacopo Negretti)St. Mark Preaching in Alexandria
Gentile Bellini and Giovanni BelliniPresentation of Jesus in the Temple
Romanino (Gerolamo Romani)Portrait of a Man Praying
Herman RodeWarrior Saint
Johannes HispanusMadonna and Child with a Choir of Cherubs
Ambito di PeruginoThe Grazie Polyptych
Vincenzo FoppaConical Vessel with Lug Handles
Art of the Early Dynastic period in EgyptSibyl
Bernardino LuiniSpring Pastures
Giovanni SegantiniPortrait of a Young Man
Andrea SolarioThe Curl (La Toilette)
Federico ZandomeneghiPortrait of a Young Man
Giovan Battista MoroniThe Assumption of the Virgin with St.Mark and St. Jerome, St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Clare; St. Francis
Moretto (Alessandro Bonvicino)Testa femminile reclinata
Elisabetta SiraniEcce Homo
Luca GiordanoLying Pomona
Marino MariniBust of a Young Woman
Bernardino LuiniBlack Topped Red Ware Vase
Art of Naqada IMadonna and Child with St. Catherine, St.Ursula, St. George and the Patron, Theodoric of Chur
Simone da CorbettaStill Life
Giorgio MorandiAfter Lunch (The Trellis)
Silvestro LegaCoronation of the Virgin
Nicolò di Pietro (Nicolaus Paradixi)The Enchanted Chamber
Carlo CarràMadonna and Child with St. John the Baptist, St. Felix of Cantalice, St. Andrew and St. Catherine of Alexandria
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)Penitent St. Jerome
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)Seascape
Jan Joseph van GoyenPresentation of the Virgin at the Temple
Bernardino LuiniSt. Paula of Rome Departs for the Holy Land
Giuseppe BottaniCoronation of the Virgin with St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. John the Evangelist, St. Bonaventure and St. Ursula
Vincenzo PaganiThe Samaritan at the Well
Battistello (Giovan Battista Caracciolo)Portrait of Febo da Brescia
Lorenzo LottoThe Odalisque
Francesco HayezSt. Joseph’s Dream
Bernardino LuiniThe Three Archangels
Marco d'OggionoSaint Francis Meditating on Death
El Greco (Dominikos Theotokòpoulos)Dead Game (with Crossbow)
Johannes FytBalance
Osvaldo LiciniAssumption of the Virgin
Alvise VivariniMadonna and Child with Two Angels (“Soli Deo” Madonna)
Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)Saint Peter Martyr with Saints Nicholas and Benedict
Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima)Madonna and Child with Angels, St. John the Baptist and St.James; Crucifixion; Evangelists
Pietro GuidoSelf-Portrait at the Age of Fifty-Seven
Francesco HayezA Great Sacrifice
Girolamo IndunoSelf-Portrait
Giuliano TraballesiMassacre of the Innocents
Bernardo CavallinoVertumnus and Pomona in a Garland of Flowers
Jan Philips van ThielenMadonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Florian
Francesco Zaganelli - Bernardino ZaganelliSt. Sebastian
Palma il Vecchio (Jacopo Negretti)
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Christ Carrying the Cross
Alessandro MagnascoMadonna and Child Enthroned with St. Sebastian, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Roch and Members of the Confraternity of San Giovanni Evangelista
Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima)Dried Flowers
Mario MafaiSelf-Portrait
Giuseppe BossiSaint Peter paying the Tribute Money
Mattia PretiThe Victory of the Carnutes over the Normans
Padovanino (Alessandro Varotari)A Mother Entrusting Her Sons to Christ
Mattia PretiStill Life
Giorgio MorandiPeonies
Filippo De Pisis (Filippo Tibertelli)Saint Paul
Marco d'OggionoCamerino Triptych (Triptych of Saint Domenico)
Carlo CrivelliThe Death of Adonis
Andrea AppianiChrist in the tomb with two angels
Pedro BerrugueteThe Wrath of Mars Checked by Venus
Andrea AppianiChrist the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist
Benozzo GozzoliProphet
Bernardino LuiniBauci
Giacomo ManzùPalazzo delle Scuole Palatine in Piazza Mercanti a Milano
Pompeo PozziLe printemps de l’ingénieur
Giorgio De ChiricoCardinale Vannuttelli on his Deathbed
Scipione (Gino Bonichi)Madonna and Child
Paolo di Giovanni FeiSt. Paula of Rome Departs for the Holy Land
Giuseppe BottaniThe Curl (La Toilette)
Federico ZandomeneghiThe Assumption of the Virgin with St.Mark and St. Jerome, St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Clare; St. Francis
Moretto (Alessandro Bonvicino)Madonna and Child with Saints Joseph, Zacharias and Elisabeth and the Infant Saint John
Pompeo BatoniA Fair with Tooth Pullers
Giuseppe Maria CrespiSaints Catherine of Alexandria and Sebastian
Giovanni Martino SpanzottiView of the Grand Canal towards the Punta della Dogana from Campo San Vio
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)The Olympus (Jupiter, Crowned with Myrtle By the Hours, Proffers a Goblet to Ganymede to Be Served Nectar)
Andrea AppianiAssumption of the Virgin
Gregorio ZavattariAdoration of the Magi
Ludovico CarracciAnnunciation
Bernardo ZenaleSt. Francis with the Stigmata
Vincenzo CampiAnnunciation
Il Francia (Francesco Raibolini)The Temptations of St. Anthony the Abbot
Giovanni Battista TiepoloSaint Willibald seeks Pope Gregory III’s Blessing Before Going to Evangelise the Saxons
Francesco SolimenaBathsheba at her bath
Francesco HayezChrist Enthroned with Angels in Adoration
Giovanni da MilanoA Great Sacrifice
Girolamo IndunoVessel with Everted Rim and Lug Handles
Art of the Early Dynastic period in EgyptLandscape (Ploughed Fields)
Giorgio MorandiSt. Clare, St. Jerome, St. Nicholas and St. Ursula
Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima)Saint Luke Painting the Virgin with the Child
Jan de BeerVenus and Cupid
Camillo BoccaccinoSt. Stephen with St. Augustine and St. Nicholas of Tolentino
Francesco BissoloNapoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
Antonio CanovaSt. Helen and St. Constantine
Palma il Vecchio (Jacopo Negretti)Ofelia
Arturo MartiniSeated Lady in Landscape
Giovanni FattoriVase of Flowers on the Window of a Harem
Francesco Hayez