{"id":3335,"date":"2024-01-15T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/scopri\/storie\/storia\/gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoliil-mecenatedallanima-curiosa\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T09:17:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T09:17:14","slug":"gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoliil-mecenatedallanima-curiosa","status":"publish","type":"storia","link":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/scopri\/storie\/storia\/gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoliil-mecenatedallanima-curiosa\/","title":{"rendered":"Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli: the patron with a curious soul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:80vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2701\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mask-Group-29.jpg\" style=\"object-position:33% 38%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"33% 38%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mask-Group-29.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mask-Group-29-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mask-Group-29-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mask-Group-29-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mask-Group-29-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\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\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stories\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">STORIES<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoli-the-patron-with-a-curious-soul\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli: the patron with a curious soul<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Start a journey into the past with the story of a man whose passion for art<br>created an amazing collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/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)\">\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:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoli-d-albertone-was-born-in-milan-on-july-27-1822-the-second-son-after-matilde-of-giuseppe-and-rosa-trivulzio\">Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli d&#8217;Albertone was born in Milan on July 27, 1822, the second son, after Matilde, of Giuseppe and Rosa Trivulzio.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02-2.jpg 685w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02-2-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Portrait of Giuseppe Poldi Pezzoli<\/em>, 1829, Giuseppe Molteni. Museo Poldi Pezzoli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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:20%\"><\/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)\">\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:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In 1818, his father Giuseppe, from Parma, at the age of fifty, had inherited from his uncle Giuseppe Pezzoli, along with his surname and title of nobility, the enormous wealth accumulated by the Pezzolis in the mid-18th century as tax collectors in Austrian Lombardy. The following year Giuseppe married Rosa Trivulzio (1800-1859), from one of Milan&#8217;s oldest aristocratic families and daughter of the bibliophile and Dante scholar Gian Giacomo Trivulzio.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1833 Giuseppe Poldi died, leaving his son an immense estate and the title of knight of the Constantinian Order. The young man was educated privately by Antonio Gussalli, a pupil of Pietro Giordani, who introduced him to classical culture, contemporary history and progressive liberal ideals.<\/p>\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:20%\"><\/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)\">\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:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div data-aos=\"fade-right\" 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=\"745\" height=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-BUSTO-DI-ROSA-TRIVULZIO-POLDi-PEZZOLI-Lorenzo-Bartolini-1838.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-BUSTO-DI-ROSA-TRIVULZIO-POLDi-PEZZOLI-Lorenzo-Bartolini-1838.jpg 745w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-BUSTO-DI-ROSA-TRIVULZIO-POLDi-PEZZOLI-Lorenzo-Bartolini-1838-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Bust of Rosa Trovulzio Poldi Pezzoli,<\/em> Lorenzo Bartolini, 1838. 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:40%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-his-mother-rosa-who-was-becoming-a-patron-of-the-sculptor-lorenzo-bartolini-played-a-key-role-in-his-artistic-education\" style=\"margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">His mother Rosa, who was becoming a patron of the sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, played a key role in his artistic education.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">Gian Giacomo used to visit the Trivulziana, an extraordinarily important collection of antiquities and books belonging to his maternal grandfather. This was accompanied by trips in Italy, and frequent stays in Florence and Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-poldi-primary-300-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\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:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-54bdfb8347c57b2b12c318c0cf91453f\" id=\"h-lorenzo-bartolini-1777-1850-bartolini-was-a-renowned-italian-sculptor\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\">LORENZO BARTOLINI (1777-1850)<br>Bartolini was a renowned Italian sculptor.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b89fdeee9859180d15b51970900e161b\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">After beginning his career in Florence, Bartolini moved to Paris in 1803, where he worked under Jacques-Louis David, an influential neoclassical painter. During his stay in France, Bartolini was influenced by the Napoleonic  style, receiving important commissions that increased his reputation. However, with the fall of Napoleon, his luck turned, and in 1815 he decided to return to Italy, settling in Florence where he opened a studio that became an important centre for art.<\/p>\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:40%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" 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=\"691\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-La-fiducia-in-Dio-Lorenzo-Bartolini-1833.jpg\" alt=\"Fiducia in Dio\" class=\"wp-image-2718\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-La-fiducia-in-Dio-Lorenzo-Bartolini-1833.jpg 691w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-La-fiducia-in-Dio-Lorenzo-Bartolini-1833-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Trust in God, <\/em>Lorenzo Bartolini, 1833. Museo Poldi Pezzoli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Giacomo Poldi (as he used to sign his letters ) thus grew up in a lively cultural environment: many artists friends of Rosina, who soon became his friends were often guests at Bellagio in the family villa; among them, the painters Cesare Mussini, Massimo d&#8217;Azeglio and Giuseppe Molteni.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1846, having come into his  inheritance, the young man participated to the annual Brera Exposition, thus joining the  Milanese patrons who supported the local Academy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/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:0\">\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: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 data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-16 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1806\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-La-Sala-d-Armi-realizzata-in-stile-neogotico-fra-il-1846-e-il-1851.jpg\" alt=\"Sala d\u2019Armi \" class=\"wp-image-2716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-La-Sala-d-Armi-realizzata-in-stile-neogotico-fra-il-1846-e-il-1851.jpg 1806w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-La-Sala-d-Armi-realizzata-in-stile-neogotico-fra-il-1846-e-il-1851-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-La-Sala-d-Armi-realizzata-in-stile-neogotico-fra-il-1846-e-il-1851-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-La-Sala-d-Armi-realizzata-in-stile-neogotico-fra-il-1846-e-il-1851-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-La-Sala-d-Armi-realizzata-in-stile-neogotico-fra-il-1846-e-il-1851-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1806px) 100vw, 1806px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Armoury made in a neo-Gothic style between 1846 and 1851 by painter-scenographer Filippo Peroni with stuccoes by Paolo Gazzoli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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<\/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)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> Gian Giacomo&#8217;s passion for antique arms and armours was in keeping with the taste of the time. Between 1846 and 1848 he acquired several hundred weapons and armours; the purchases continued throughout his life, with increasing attention to quality, so that by the third quarter of the century Gian Giacomo had become the most important collector in Italy in this field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-those-years-he-was-involved-in-the-support-and-management-charitable-institutions-educational-and-professional-institutions-and-cultural-and-patriotic-associations\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">In those years, he was involved in the support and management charitable institutions, educational and professional institutions, and cultural and patriotic associations.<\/h2>\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:20%\"><\/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)\">\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:30%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>His adhesion to the Risorgimento ideals is documented by his wholehearted participation in the insurrection of the &#8220;Five Days of Milan&#8221; and to the First War of Independence.<br>Hi participation in the fight against Austria forced him, after the Austrian victory in August 1848, to take refuge in Lugano, while his name appeared on the list of the citizens  heavily fined by Marshal Josef Radetzky .<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having obtained a passport, in 1849, he set off on a long journey: he was first in France and then in other Italian states, residing for a long time in Florence. Forced finally to return to Milan, he had to pay a fine of 600,000 Austrian liras to regain possession of his properties.<\/p>\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:50%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" 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=\"1072\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-armeria-del-nobiluomo-Uboldo-invasa-dagli-insorti-milanesi-per-provvedersi-delle-armi-19-marzo-1848-Carlo-Bossoli-Milano-Museo-del-Risorgimento.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-armeria-del-nobiluomo-Uboldo-invasa-dagli-insorti-milanesi-per-provvedersi-delle-armi-19-marzo-1848-Carlo-Bossoli-Milano-Museo-del-Risorgimento.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-armeria-del-nobiluomo-Uboldo-invasa-dagli-insorti-milanesi-per-provvedersi-delle-armi-19-marzo-1848-Carlo-Bossoli-Milano-Museo-del-Risorgimento-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-armeria-del-nobiluomo-Uboldo-invasa-dagli-insorti-milanesi-per-provvedersi-delle-armi-19-marzo-1848-Carlo-Bossoli-Milano-Museo-del-Risorgimento-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-armeria-del-nobiluomo-Uboldo-invasa-dagli-insorti-milanesi-per-provvedersi-delle-armi-19-marzo-1848-Carlo-Bossoli-Milano-Museo-del-Risorgimento-768x572.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The armory of the nobleman Uboldo invaded by Milanese insurgents to get weapons, March 19, 1848,<\/em> Carlo Bossoli. Milan, Museo del Risorgimento<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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)\">\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:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In Milan, which was dominated by the Austrian censorship, Giacomo Poldi found other ways to show his patriotism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-he-put-all-his-efforts-to-create-a-collection-of-antique-art-and-to-become-a-great-patron-of-the-arts\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">he put all his efforts to create a collection of antique art and to become a great patron of the arts.<\/h2>\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:20%\"><\/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)\">\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:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" 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=\"1069\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-corsia-del-Giardino-Milano.jpg\" alt=\"Corsia del Giardino a Milano\" class=\"wp-image-2722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-corsia-del-Giardino-Milano.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-corsia-del-Giardino-Milano-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-corsia-del-Giardino-Milano-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-corsia-del-Giardino-Milano-768x616.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u2018Corsia del Giardino\u2019 Milan<\/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:30%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><strong>Between 1850 and 1853 <\/strong>he entrusted Giuseppe Balzaretto  with the extension  the 17th-century family palace in the street called at the time &#8216;Corsia del Giardino&#8217; (today Via Manzoni). <br><br>During his repeated stays in Paris, Poldi Pezzoli had admired the new Mus\u00e9e des Thermes et de l&#8217;Hotel de Cluny, created by Alexandre du Sommerard, a pioneer of Romantic museography: a collection consisting not only of paintings and statues, but of antique precious furniture and applied art objects, chosen to evoke a domestic atmosphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The great success of this new interpretation of the past and of the associated museographic model encouraged Poldi Pezzoli in his choice to create a house-museum, among  the first and most up-to-date European ones  in the historicist style.<\/p>\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)\">\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:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Crucial to this decision was the meeting with the young artist Giuseppe Bertini. From 1853 to 1879 it was Bertini who designed every room in the house in the historicist style, assisted by  the painter Luigi Scrosati,  cabinet maker  Giuseppe Speluzzi, and sculptor Lorenzo Vela. Thus were created the Dante Study in  a 14th century style  the Black Room in a Northern Renaissance style, the  Stucco Room in a Rococo style, the  neo-Baroque Staircase, and finally the Golden Room.<\/p>\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:20%\"><\/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)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-13 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" 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=\"850\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco-1.jpg\" alt=\"Studiolo Dantesco\" class=\"wp-image-2724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Studiolo-dantesco-1-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dante Study<\/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:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" 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=\"848\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera-2.jpg\" alt=\"Sala Nera\" class=\"wp-image-2726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera-2.jpg 848w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera-2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Nera-2-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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)\">\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:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" 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=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato-1.jpg\" alt=\"Salone Dorato\" class=\"wp-image-2728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato-1.jpg 853w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-Dorato-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">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:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" 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=\"849\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sala Gialla\" class=\"wp-image-2730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla-1.jpg 849w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sala-Gialla-1-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stucco Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-15 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-giacomo-poldi-showed-his-ethical-spirit-and-civic-passion-also-in-the-establishment-of-a-museum-dedicated-to-antique-italian-art-where-tuscan-umbrian-venetian-and-emilian-paintings-stood-out-a-manifesto-of-a-national-cultural-unity-that-anticipated-the-political-one\">Giacomo Poldi  showed his  ethical spirit and civic passion also in the establishment of a museum dedicated to antique Italian art where Tuscan, Umbrian, Venetian, and Emilian paintings stood out, a manifesto of a national cultural unity that anticipated the political one.<\/h2>\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:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The collection, put together between 1850 and 1879, boasted pieces of exceptional quality by the best-known Renaissance masters, such as Botticelli, Mantegna, Cosm\u00e8 Tura, Carlo Crivelli, Giovanni Bellini, and Piero del Pollaiolo, as well as lworks by Canaletto and Guardi, and 14th century paintings with gold background by Vitale degli Equi and Pietro Lorenzetti.<br><br>It was initially Giuseppe Molteni who played a key role in the creation of the picture gallery.  He was director of the Brera Academy, antiquarian, art broker, and  renowned restorer and thanks to him Poldi Pezzoli came into contact with connoisseurs and collectors.<br><br>Very fruitful was the relationship established by Poldi Pezzoli with European connoisseurs, such as Otto M\u00fcndler and Charles Lock Eastlake, respectively emissary for purchases and director of the National Gallery in London.  On their periodic trips to Milan, both  did not miss an opportunity to visit the collection of  Gian Giacomo, with whom they competed in the purchase of Italian primitive and Renaissance paintings,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-poldi-primary-300-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\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:30%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e113193af7e671e6160e0e47a1290d8d\" id=\"h-giuseppe-molteni-1800-1867-he-studied-in-bologna-under-giuseppe-guizzardi-and-upon-his-return-to-milan-soon-became-one-of-the-most-renowned-restorers-of-the-time\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\">GIUSEPPE MOLTENI (1800 \u2013 1867)<br>He studied in Bologna under Giuseppe Guizzardi, and upon his return to Milan, soon became one of the most renowned restorers of the time.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6d821a2de81569dbf8eb9dd8c3939efc\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">His expertise in restoration led him to collaborate with prestigious institutions as the Louvre and the British Museum. In 1828, he introduced a genre of portraiture characterised by the meticulous depiction of sumptuous costumes and settings, which proved an extraordinary success.<br>\u00a0Molteni\u2019s regular participation in the Brera exhibitions decreased in the 1850s and ceased when he was appointed curator of the Academy\u2019s gallery in 1854 .<\/p>\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:40%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" 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=\"693\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Molteni-Rosina-Trivulzio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3554\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Molteni-Rosina-Trivulzio.jpg 693w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Molteni-Rosina-Trivulzio-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Portrait of Rosina Trivulzio<\/em>, Giuseppe Molteni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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)\">\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:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In 1860, Gian Giacomo having obtained a passport from the new Kingdom of Italy, was finally able to return to travel: he left for a trip of a few months to Switzerland, Germany, France and England, where he also returned in 1862 on the occasion of the third Great Exhibition in London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-i-desire-that-the-apartment-which-i-occupied-in-the-wing-between-the-garden-and-the-two-courts-of-my-palace-in-via-del-giardino-12-with-the-armoury-the-paintings-the-works-of-art-the-library-and-the-furniture-of-artistic-value-which-will-be-found-there-at-the-time-of-my-death-should-constitute-a-causa-or-artistic-foundation-in-the-sense-that-it-should-be-maintained-for-public-use-and-benefit-in-perpetuity-following-the-current-rules-of-the-brera-gallery\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">&#8220;I desire that the apartment, which I occupied in the wing between the garden and the two courts of my palace in Via del Giardino 12, with the armoury, the paintings, the works of art, the library and the furniture of artistic value which will be found there at the time of my death should constitute a Causa or Artistic Foundation, in the sense that it should be maintained [&#8230;] for public use and benefit in perpetuity following the current rules of the Brera Gallery&#8221;.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">In 1871, in his will he laid the ground for the creation of a museum or art foundation, consisting of his apartment and  his art collection.<br>The direction was entrusted to his friend Giuseppe Bertini, who had meanwhile become director of the Brera Academy; the museum was endowed with a life annuity intended to cover operating costs and purchases of  art works. <br><br>He died suddenly of angina pectoris on April 6, 1879, in his house. 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