Highlights Of Milan's Brera Art Gallery

The Brera art gallery in Milan or Pinacoteca di Brera as it is known in Italian is really quite unique when it comes to Italy"s major art galleries

. Unlike other galleries which have been founded by the wealth of noble families or the church, the Brera gallery in Milan is down to the policies of Napoleon who actually suppressed the various churches across the region and took their riches off to academies and galleries.

Over the next two hundred years these collections grew substantially in size and took in some of northern Italy"s greatest paintings from the Renaissance era including representatives from the Venetian school as well as works by greats such as Piero della Francesca and Raphael.

The Brera gallery in Milan houses some exquisite paintings and here we will mention some of the ones not to be missed so you can make the most of your visit to this magnificent art gallery in Milan. The Valle Romita Polyptych is an altar piece dating back to 1410 and involved a lot of hard work on the Brera"s behalf to reconstitute this piece. The 5 main panels came along with Napoleon but the other 4 had to be tracked down and were purchased at a later date.

The Riot in the Galleria located in the east wing of the Brera gallery is Umberto Boccioni"s 1911 work of art which depicts the Milanese dashing for the doors of the famous Caffe Zucca which is today still an extremely popular cafe bar located just off piazza del Duomo. The same area of the gallery also features masterpieces by the Venetian Renaissance master Bellini such as two different paintings of the Virgin and Child, one is a Flemish style portrait that Bellini painted when he was 40 years of age and the other is a luminous scene of colour and light which was in fact painted by bellini 40 years later.

Another great artist of the Renaissance era which features at the Brera gallery in Milan is none other than Mantegna who"s masterpiece of the Dead Christ, painted around the year 1500, is displayed here. Located directly next to this painting is Finding the Body of St Mark which is a 1560"s painting by Tintoretto depicting the finding of the body of St Mark by the Venetian merchants in the Crusades.

Positioned by the entrance of the gallery is where Raphael"s painting of the Marriage of the Virgin is to be found. This early work by Raphael depicts the terrestrial marriage of the Virgin Mary to Joseph. Directly adjacent to this work of art is Piero della Francesca"s Montefeltro Altarpiece which is a scene that shows the Duke of Montefeltro kneeling before the Virgin and Child after just months earlier when his wife had given birth to a male heir who tragically died within weeks.

Just on the other side of the entrance to the Brera art gallery is a work of art by Caravaggio which dates back to 1605 and is named the Supper at Emmaus. The mood and tension of this painting are enhanced by the deep black shadows and bright highlights.

Leading round to the west wing of the gallery is where another couple of wonderful paintings are situated. Francesco Hayez"s 1859 painting of The Kiss was intended as an allegory of the struggle for Independence and the importance of family. Adjacent to this work of art is Canaletto"s Bacino di San Marco which is in fact one of the seven paintings of this scene by the 18th century master of Venetian city scape's. The painting features St Mark"s bell tower and the Doge"s Palace.

To make the most of your visit it is recommended to use the excellent audio guides which will make sense of all the various works on display, cheap guided tours are also available on weekdays which can cater for any number of people although these must be booked two or three days in advance. There are many flights available from most major cities in Europe to Malpensa Airport.

by: Robert

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