Museo Poldi Pezzoli
The Museo Poldi Pezzoli began life as a private home built around one man’s collecting: Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli (1822–1879) and his mother, Rosa Trivulzio. From 1846 onward, the rooms were redecorated to coordinate with the paintings they displayed, with commissions carried out by Luigi Scrosati and Giuseppe Bertini. The palazzo itself was rebuilt in its present Neoclassical form by Simone Cantoni (1736–1818), and it even includes an English-style interior garden. After Pezzoli’s will left the house and its contents to the Brera Academy, the museum opened on 25 April 1881—when Giuseppe Bertini, the Academy’s director, inaugurated it. World War II brought severe damage to the palazzo, but the artworks were stored safely, and the museum reopened in 1951 following reconstruction. …
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