{"id":2382,"date":"2023-12-13T16:05:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T16:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/discover\/museo\/storia\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:00:53","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center big\" id=\"h-our-history\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">Our History<\/h1>\n\n\n<div  class=\"share-buttons\">\n    <div  style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"align wp-block-poldi-sharebuttons\">\n        <div class=\"flex items-end justify-center\">\n            <ul class=\"flex gap-2 font-bold\">\n                <li>Share<\/li>\n                <li>&#8211;<\/li>\n                <li>\n                    <button class=\"hover:underline\" type=\"button\" id=\"fbShareBtn\">Facebook<\/button>\n                <\/li>\n                <li>&#8211;<\/li>\n                <li>\n                    <button class=\"hover:underline\" type=\"button\" id=\"xShareBtn\">X<\/button>\n                <\/li>\n                <li>&#8211;<\/li>\n                <li>\n                    <button class=\"hover:underline\" type=\"button\" id=\"copyBtn\"> Copy Link<\/button>\n                <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-history-of-the-house-the-museum-from-1881-to-the-present-and-its-founder-gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoli-how-a-historic-home-became-a-treasure-trove-of-artworks\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The history of the house, the museum from 1881 to the present and its founder, Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli. How a historic home became a treasure trove of artworks.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Francesco-Hayez-Ritratto-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Francesco-Hayez-Ritratto-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Francesco-Hayez-Ritratto-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Francesco-Hayez-Ritratto-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Francesco-Hayez-Ritratto-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Francesco-Hayez-Ritratto-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Francesco-Hayez-Ritratto-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Francesco-Hayez-Ritratto-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-1-700x700.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail  of the <em>Portrait of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli,<\/em> Francesco Hayez, 1851<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoli\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli was born in Milan on July 27th, 1822. In 1818, his father Giuseppe Poldi Pezzoli (1768-1833) had inherited a considerable estate from the Pezzoli family, who had been in charge of tax collecting for the Austrian government. In 1819 Giuseppe married Rosa Trivulzio (1800-1859), the daughter of Marquis Gian Giacomo (1774 -1831), heir of the most famous Milanese private museum. A man of great culture, he was a collector of precious objects and antique books for the family library, known as the Trivulziana Library.<br>At his father\u2019s death, Gian Giacomo was only eleven and Rosa took charge of his education, while continuing her friendship with artists and literates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Ritratto-di-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-bambino.jpg\" alt=\"Ritratto di Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli bambino\" class=\"wp-image-508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Ritratto-di-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-bambino.jpg 635w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Ritratto-di-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-bambino-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bertini_ritratto-di-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli_550x678.jpg\">Giuseppe Molteni, <em>Portrait of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli as a child<\/em>, ca. 1830, Museo Poldi Pezzoli<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h6\" id=\"h-gian-giacomo-s-journeys-and-models\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);text-transform:none\">Gian Giacomo&#8217;s journeys and models<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1846, Gian Giacomo turned twenty-four and inherited the family fortune. As a patriot, he supported the 1848 Milanese insurrection and, after the return of  the Austrian in Lombardy, was exiled. He took refuge in Lugano and afterwards travelled to France and Florence. His journeys to Switzerland, France and England were important opportunities to learn about the latest trends in international art collecting. In those years, the first Great Exhibition was organized in London, and in Paris the Mus\u00e9e Cluny of decorative arts, with a Gothic setting, opened to the public.<br>Back in Milan, in 1849 Gian Giacomo started the project of his house-museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h6\" id=\"h-the-first-purchases\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);text-transform:none\">The first purchases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 1846 and 1850, Gian Giacomo began his purchases of antique arms, his first passion, creating an Armoury. In 1850, he started buying paintings of the Lombard, Venetian and Tuscan Renaissance, some of them of extraordinary value. Thanks to Giuseppe Molteni, portraitist, restorer and a close friend of the Poldi Pezzoli family, he was introduced to the most important European art critics. Among them, the German Otto M\u00fcndler, the Italian Giovanni Morelli and the English Charles Eastlake, director of the National Gallery in London.<br>Gian Giacomo started inviting to his house art historians and art coillectors and his paintings were often at the center of the most up-to-date critical debates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1580\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Museo-Cavenaghi.jpg\" alt=\"La sala Nera in Museo Poldi Pezzoli, 1872,\" class=\"wp-image-2837\" style=\"width:814px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Museo-Cavenaghi.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Museo-Cavenaghi-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Museo-Cavenaghi-1024x843.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Museo-Cavenaghi-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Museo-Cavenaghi-1536x1264.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emilio Cavenaghi, <em>The Black Room <\/em> <em>in the Poldi Pezzoli Museum<\/em>, 1872, private collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h6\" id=\"h-the-apartment-an-avant-garde-model\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);text-transform:none\">The apartment: an avant-garde model<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1846, Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli started the refurbishment of his apartment in the family palace. He entrusted the project to two of the most appreciated and artists-decorators: Luigi Scrosati (1815-1869) and Giuseppe Bertini (1825-1898). On the first floor, the result was a series of rooms, each one inspired by a style of the past. The staircase and the bedroom were in a neo-Baroque style; the Black Room was inspired by \u201can early Renaissance style\u201d, the Dante Study by a \u201c14th century style\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, the revival of past styles and techniques (historicism) was highly appreciated. Those rooms became the perfect spaces to host paintings, furniture and applied arts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Bertini-ritratto-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli.jpg\" alt=\"Ritratto di Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli nella sua armeria\" class=\"wp-image-500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Bertini-ritratto-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli.jpg 649w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Bertini-ritratto-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bertini_ritratto-di-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli_550x678.jpg\">Giuseppe Bertini, <em>Portrait of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli in his Armoury<\/em>, 1879, <\/a> unknown location<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dall-album-di-Clara-Maffei.jpg\" alt=\"Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli\" class=\"wp-image-502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dall-album-di-Clara-Maffei.jpg 649w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-dall-album-di-Clara-Maffei-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GGPPfoto550x678.jpg\">Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli, photograph from Clara Maffei&#8217;s album, Milan Museo del Risorgimento<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-10 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-house\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 17th century palace hosting the museum had been bought at the end of the 18th century by Giuseppe Pezzoli, an ancestor of Gian Giacomo. The architect Simone Cantoni (1736-1818) had rearranged it in a Neo-classical style with an English style garden, with statues and fountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 1851 and 1853, Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli commissioned the architect Giuseppe Balzaretto (1801-1874) to refurbish his apartment.<br><br><strong>The Armoury<\/strong> was created in neo-Gothic style, between 1846 and 1851, by the Scala Theatre set designer Filippo Peroni, with stuccoes by Paolo Gazzoli . The effect was definitely theatrical with standards, arms, armours and trophies crowding the room. The Armoury was destroyed by the 1943 bombings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Armeria.jpg\" alt=\"Sala Armeria\" class=\"wp-image-517\" style=\"width:814px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Armeria.jpg 814w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Armeria-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Armeria-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-12 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>The Bedroom, today called <strong>Murano Glass Room<\/strong>, was designed in a\u00a0 neo-Baroque style by Giuseppe Balzaretto and Giuseppe Ripamonti, between 1850 and 1851. The lacunar ceiling, the frescoed frieze by Luigi Scrosati, the fireplace, the wood panelling were destroyed in the 1943 air raids. The wonderful doors luckily survived.<br><br><strong>The Dante Study<\/strong> was Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli\u2019s private study. Designed by Giuseppe Bertini and Luigi Scrosati between 1853 and 1856, it is the only remaining example of the painted decoration of the house. The room was inspired by the Middle Ages and the poet Dante Alighieri, who appears in the frescoes and in the stained-glass windows created by Bertini himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this room, Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli used to keep the most precious pieces of his collections of applied art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-14 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-13 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1901\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-camera-da-letto.jpg\" alt=\"Stanza da letto\" class=\"wp-image-521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-camera-da-letto.jpg 1901w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-camera-da-letto-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-camera-da-letto-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-camera-da-letto-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-camera-da-letto-1536x873.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1901px) 100vw, 1901px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Bedroom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1901\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco.jpg\" alt=\"Studiolo Dantesco\" class=\"wp-image-523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco.jpg 1901w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco-1536x873.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1901px) 100vw, 1901px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Dante <a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GGPPfoto550x678.jpg\">Study<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-16 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-15 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1901\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera.jpg\" alt=\"Stanza Nera\" class=\"wp-image-528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera.jpg 1901w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera-1536x873.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1901px) 100vw, 1901px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Black Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1901\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla.jpg\" alt=\"Sala Gialla\" class=\"wp-image-531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla.jpg 1901w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla-1536x873.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1901px) 100vw, 1901px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Stucco Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-17 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>Designed by Luigi Scrosati and Giuseppe Bertini before 1855, the <strong>Black Room<\/strong> was conceived to enhance the Flemish style polyptych. The decorations of the room were inspired by a \u201cNorth Renaissance Style\u201d. The fresco by Luigi Scrosati and the ebony and ivory wall-covering were destroyed in 1943. The doors and the elegant furniture (tables and chairs) designed for this room by Bertini and made by Giuseppe Speluzzi, Luigi Barzaghi and Pietro Zaneletti, between 1855 and 1880, survived.<br><br>Today called <strong>Stucco Room,<\/strong> the<strong> <\/strong>Yellow Room was designed in a Rococ\u00f2 style to host the porcelain collection. The frescoes by Luigi Scrosati and the stuccowork by Antonio Tantardini, created before 1855, were destroyed in 1943. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shelves, the consoles and the chairs in Rococ\u00f2 style by Giuseppe Speluzzi, dating between 1870 and 1876, survived.<br><br><strong>The Antique Staircase<\/strong> was the scenographic entrance to Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli\u2019s apartment. The eight monumental allegorical statues in the niches are by an 18th century Milanese artist . The elegant neo-Baroque fountain was designed by Giuseppe Bertini. The original stucco decoration and the painted glass ceiling by Giuseppe Bertini were destroyed by 1943 bombings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-18 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Scalone-Antico.jpg\" alt=\"Scalone Antico\" class=\"wp-image-535\" style=\"width:814px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Scalone-Antico.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Scalone-Antico-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Scalone-Antico-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Scalone-Antico-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Scalone-Antico-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Antique Staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-19 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p><strong>The Golden Room<\/strong> was designed in a Renaissance style to display the best works of the collection. Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli died before it was completed, and Giuseppe Bertini continued its decoration after his death. It is called Golden Room because it had a gilded wood ceiling. The walls were partially frescoed by Giuseppe Bertini and partially covered by damasks, all destroyed in 1943.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-20 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato.jpg\" alt=\"Salone Dorato\" class=\"wp-image-538\" style=\"width:814px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-21 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-museum\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1881-1939\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">1881 \u2013 1939<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Bertini, the first director of the museum, increased the number of artworks in the collection, without changing its characteristics. After his death in 1898, the architect Camillo Boito (1836-1914), director of the Brera Academy, took charge of the direction. He focused on the re-organization of the house-museum according to more innovative museographic criteria, with the aim of making the works of art more accessible. He also promoted a photographic campaign, which is now a precious historical evidence of the museographic taste of the time.<br>In 1939, during the Second World War, the museum was closed and all the artworks that could be moved were transported to safer places.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-22 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-museo-1881.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\" style=\"width:814px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-museo-1881.jpg 830w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-museo-1881-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-museo-1881-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-23 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1943-the-air-raids\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);text-transform:none\">1943<br>The Air Raids<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">In August 1943, air raids destroyed all the main museums in Milan in one night. The Poldi Pezzoli palace and its decorations were severely damaged. The bombings destroyed the ceilings, the windows collapsed, and with them the stuccowork, the frescoes and the wooden decorations. These elements, which contributed to create the unique atmosphere of the Poldi Pezzoli house-museum, were unfortunately lost forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1943-1951-the-reconstruction\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);text-transform:none\">1943 \u2013 1951<br>The Reconstruction<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>After the war the reconstruction of the Museum started, with the aim of rebuilding it \u201cwhere it was and as it was.\u201d Thanks to Fernanda Wittgens and Ferdinando Reggiori, an effort was made to save the parts that had been less damaged, such as the Antique Staircase and the Dante Study. In order to recreate the original home-like atmosphere of the interiors, the decorations lost in the bombing were evoked by new, lighter ones. The museum reopened on December 3rd, 1951.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-26 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-24 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"1068\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-bombardamento-salone-dorato-2_-archivio-Castello-sforzesco.jpg\" alt=\"Bombardamento del Salone Dorato\" class=\"wp-image-2841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-bombardamento-salone-dorato-2_-archivio-Castello-sforzesco.jpg 789w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-bombardamento-salone-dorato-2_-archivio-Castello-sforzesco-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-bombardamento-salone-dorato-2_-archivio-Castello-sforzesco-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-bombardamento-salone-dorato-2_-archivio-Castello-sforzesco-768x1040.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Room after the bombings, Archivio Castello Sforzesco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-25 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1070\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-ricostruzione-1943-1951.jpg\" alt=\"ricostruzione\" class=\"wp-image-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-ricostruzione-1943-1951.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-ricostruzione-1943-1951-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-ricostruzione-1943-1951-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-ricostruzione-1943-1951-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-ricostruzione-1943-1951-1536x856.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-27 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1951-today\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);text-transform:none\">1951 &#8211; Today<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to generous donations (over a thousand objects in the last fifty years), the Poldi Pezzoli Museum is now one of the most refined house-museums in Europe. In the unique atmosphere of its refurbished rooms, paintings  by Old Masters are on show next to outstanding decorative arts. Some rooms have  new settings, such as the Armoury,\u00a0 the Jewellery Room and the Clock Rooms. New spaces have been added in 2017 to host recent donations. The museum, which its founder intended \u201cfor public use and benefit\u201d, continues to fulfil its original aim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1074\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-galleria-franzini.jpg\" alt=\"Galleria Franzini\" class=\"wp-image-550\" style=\"width:814px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-galleria-franzini.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-galleria-franzini-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-galleria-franzini-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-galleria-franzini-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-galleria-franzini-1536x859.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portrait Gallery, Museo Poldi Pezzoli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull stacked-row is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-29 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column left-col has-poldi-primary-300-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-poldi-primary-300-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-poldi-pezzoli-museum\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">poldi pezzolI MUSEUM<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-poldi-pezzoli-museum-0\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Poldi Pezzoli Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Museo Poldi Pezzoli in the centre of Milan, close to the Duomo Cathedral and the Scala Theatre, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum welcomes you! Opened in 1881, it was the house of the noble Milanese Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli (1822-1879). Avid art collector, he had gathered here paintings as well as sculptures, carpets, laces, arms and armour, jewellery, clocks, porcelain and glass.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2281\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/about-us\/\">ABOUT US<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/our-story\/\">OUR STORY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/the-poldi-pezzoli-artistic-foundation\/\">Poldi Pezzoli Art Foundation<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/team-poldi-pezzoli\/\">POLDI PEZZOLI TEAM<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/library\/\">LIBRARY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/archive\/\">Archive<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/museum-networks\/\">Museum NETWORKS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-poldi-secondary-300-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-education\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">EDUCATION<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-workshops-and-activities\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Workshops and Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">The Museum has initiated educational activities since 1974 through guided tours, workshops, specific tours and publications designed for all kinds of audiences, from schools of all levels to adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/education\/workshops-and-activities\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2268\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-visit\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">VISIT<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-tours\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">To make your visit even more engaging and rich in discovery, we have created a series of unique itineraries designed to satisfy different passions and interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/visit\/tours\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2468\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-28 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-reasons-to-visit-the-poldi-pezzoli-museum\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Reasons to visit the <em>Poldi Pezzoli Museum<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns why-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-30 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-because-it-is-a-house-museum-that-in-its-historical-rooms-has-preserved-the-charm-of-a-19th-century-residence\">because it is a house-museum that in its historical rooms has preserved the charm of a 19th century residence.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/our-story\/\">OUR STORY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-to-know-a-great-milanese-art-collector\">to know a great Milanese art collector.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/scopri\/storie\/storia\/gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoliil-mecenatedallanima-curiosa\/\">gian giacomo poldi pezzoli<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-for-the-wide-range-of-its-collections-from-archaeology-to-the-19th-century\">for the wide range of its collections, from Archaeology to the 19th century.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/collections\/catalogue\/\">collections catalog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns why-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-31 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-to-admire-masterpieces-by-painters-as-pollaiuolo-mantegna-botticelli-raffaello-piero-della-francesca-tiepolo-canaletto-hayez\">to admire masterpieces by painters\nas Pollaiuolo, Mantegna, Botticelli, Raffaello, Piero della Francesca, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Hayez<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/collections\/masterpieces\/\">masterpieces<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-for-the-amazing-collections-of-sundials-and-clocks-murano-glass-meissen-porcelain\">for the amazing collections of sundials and clocks, Murano glass, Meissen porcelain.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/collections\/catalogue\/\">collections catalog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-to-discover-a-palace-overlooking-a-beautiful-hidden-garden-and-a-romantic-orangerie\">to discover a palace overlooking\na beautiful hidden garden, and a romantic Orangerie.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/visita\/percorsi\/percorso\/pianta-del-primo-piano\/\">THE ROOMS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our History The history of the house, the museum from 1881 to the present and its founder, Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli. How a historic home became a treasure trove of artworks. Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli was born in Milan on July 27th, 1822. 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