Brera. Complete Guide to the Works in the Gallery

The first official guide to Italy's first public museum, the Milan home of famous paintings by Bellini, Mantegna, Piero della Francesca, Raphael, Tintoretto, and Veronese.

This book combines hundreds of color reproductions with a guide, leading the reader room by room and wall by wall through the Brera's permanent collection. The guide notes the most important paintings in the collection. The account describes each work of art, including its symbolism and cultural references, and critical commentary about it. Also featured is an introduction by museum director Luisa Arrigoni about the history of the Pinacoteca di Brera.