The Pinacoteca Ambrosiana is in the building where the headquarters of the famous Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Founded by Federico Borromeo in 1621 to tile to the existing Library, initially he began as an academy of painting and sculpture. L'building, expanded and transformed into various eras, He was shocked by the bombing of the last war and the losses incurred were severe. The restoration work took place very slowly and ended in 1959, but the final arrangement of the architectural structures and the complete reorganization of the new rooms was completed in 1966.
The Art Gallery houses many works, from the collection of
  • Leonardo
  • Botticelli
  • Bramantino
  • Bergognone
  • Bernardino Luini
  • Titian
  • Jacopo Bassano
  • Moretto
  • Savoldo
  • Gian Paolo Lomazzo
  • Caravaggio
  • Jan Brueghel
  • Cerano
  • Morazzone
  • Daniele Crespi
  • Anton Raphael Mengs,
  • Andrea Appiani.
From the historical point of view it is to remember the production of copies of famous paintings, promoted by Federico Borromeo for educational purposes and documentativi, as the replica of the Last Supper by Leonardo, that in the seventeenth century was in precarious conditions. Today La Pinacoteca Ambrosiana is one of the most visited galleries in the city of Milan.
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