Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del conte Antonio di Porcia e Brugnera (Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera) 1535–1540 Oil on canvas, 115 x 93 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting, signed on the windowsill, portrays the Friulian nobleman Antonio di…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1565 Oil on canvas, 115 x 85 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano This painting, with its chequered history of attributions, can be dated c. 1565 thanks to a comparison…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of Lord Donounghmore 1780–1790 Oil on canvas, 126 x 100 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was purchased in London for 2,500 pounds by Ettore Modigliani in 1933 with the proceeds of the Mostra d’Arte…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Girl 1632 Oil on panel, 60 x 50 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano It was one of the five Flemish paintings sent to Brera in 1813 in exchange for several works taken from Milan by…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Ritratto del pittore Moisè Kisling (Portrait of the Painter Moïse Kisling) 1915 Oil on canvas, 37 x 29 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting originally belonged to Paul Guillaume, art critic, dealer and discoverer of Modigliani,…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Testa di giovane donna (Head of a Young Lady) 1915 Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The work, along with the Portrait of Moisé Kisling, belonged at first to Paul Guillaume, art…
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) L’Enfant gras (The Fat Child) 1915 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano “Today critics are lavish with their praise and confer genius and beauty on every street corner […]. I am almost…
Guercino (1591-1666) Mezza figura di giovane con profilo verso destra (Half figure of young man, right profile) c.1628 Pencil on paper, 200 x 145 mm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Andrea Doria come Nettuno (Portrait of Andrea Doria in the Guise of Neptune) c.1545–1546 Oil on canvas, 149 x 199.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Paolo Giovio commissioned this portrait from Bronzino for a museum that…
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Tre donne (Three Women) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 180 × 132 cm Banca Commerciale Italiana, Milano The artist represents the three ages of women through the figures of her mother Cecilia, her beloved sister Amelia and the model Ines.…