{"id":8922,"date":"2026-09-15T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/?post_type=storia&#038;p=8922"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:34:39","slug":"the-golden-room-restored-to-light","status":"publish","type":"storia","link":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/scopri\/storie\/storia\/the-golden-room-restored-to-light\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Room restored to light"},"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;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-8634 size-full\" alt=\"recupero salone dorato serliana dettaglio\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recupero-salone-dorato-serliana-dettaglio.jpg\" style=\"object-position:32% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"32% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recupero-salone-dorato-serliana-dettaglio.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recupero-salone-dorato-serliana-dettaglio-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recupero-salone-dorato-serliana-dettaglio-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recupero-salone-dorato-serliana-dettaglio-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recupero-salone-dorato-serliana-dettaglio-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/recupero-salone-dorato-serliana-dettaglio-1333x750.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><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-b2e659ba 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 id=\"h-stories\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">STORIES<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h1 id=\"h-the-golden-room-restored-to-light\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">The Golden Room restored to light<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The restoration project for the Golden Room<br>at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum.<br>With support from the <strong>World Monuments Fund.<\/strong><\/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-b2e659ba 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 id=\"h-decorations-furnishings-the-great-marble-and-bronze-window-the-appearance-of-the-golden-room-has-changed-three-times-in-150-years-the-restoration-project-carried-out-with-the-world-monuments-fund-has-reinstated-its-original-volume-and-revealed-its-great-marble-window\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Decorations, furnishings, the great marble and bronze window: the appearance of the Golden Room has changed three times in 150 years. The restoration project, carried out with the World Monuments Fund, has reinstated its original volume and revealed its great marble window.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recovery project lasted about a year and a half has restored the Museo Poldi Pezzoli\u2019s Golden Room, the state room that showcases the collection\u2019s Renaissance masterpieces. Performed with the support of the World Monuments Fund, the work has restored the 19th-century volume and brought to light the large marble window, which had been hidden for fifty years under a false ceiling dating from the seventies.<br>The new Golden Room will reopen to the public on<strong> September 15, 2026.<\/strong><\/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:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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-2bedf224 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-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Il progetto di Recupero del Salone Dorato\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1226542301?h=9a9deacdb4&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Click on CC to turn on Italian or English subtitles<\/p>\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-b2e659ba 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<strong> Golden Room<\/strong> of the Museo Poldi Pezzoli has passed through wartime destruction and three refurbishments, each with its own idea of what was worth preserving. The most recent chapter in this story grew out of a discovery. A video inspection conducted in 2025 behind the false ceiling installed in the 1970s revealed that part of the 19th-century decoration, the large window in polychrome marble and bronze, had survived almost intact. This was the starting point for the recovery project that restored the Salon\u2019s original volumes.<\/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 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-b2e659ba 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 id=\"h-world-monuments-fund\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\">World Monuments Fund<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">Founded in 1965 in New York, the<strong> World Monuments Fund <\/strong>has become one of the leading international organisations for the preservation of the cultural heritage, with a role that combines protection, innovation and the involvement of local communities. It has been present in Italy since 1966, with over 100 projects completed throughout the country. The Golden Room project marked the launch of World Monuments Fund Italia, the organisation\u2019s new Italian chapter, and it is no coincidence that the Italian chapter\u2019s first project concerned a museum house. The model of the Poldi Pezzoli, in which the ambiance and the collection form an inseparable whole, is exactly the type of complex heritage on which the WMF has built its international identity.<\/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:30%\">\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=\"500\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/world-monuments-fund.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8807\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/world-monuments-fund.jpg 500w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/world-monuments-fund-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/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-b2e659ba 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<h6 id=\"h-part-one\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\">PART ONE<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h1 id=\"h-the-research\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE RESEARCH<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-a-house-that-has-become-a-museum\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">A house that has become a museum<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Golden Room<\/strong> is not \u201ca room\u201d: it is a part of a larger project, which had already impressed contemporaries in its day. In <strong>1858<\/strong>, the English writer Elizabeth Eastlake (n\u00e9e Rigby), the wife of Charles Eastlake, director of the National Gallery in London, visited the home of the young Marquis Poldi for the first time and noted in her diary:<\/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:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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:40%\">\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=\"962\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lady-Elizabeth-Rigby-Eastlake.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lady-Elizabeth-Rigby-Eastlake.jpg 962w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lady-Elizabeth-Rigby-Eastlake-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lady-Elizabeth-Rigby-Eastlake-767x1021.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lady-Elizabeth-Rigby-Eastlake-770x1024.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake, 1809 &#8211; 1893<\/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 id=\"h-truly-no-one-could-imagine-anything-more-sumptuous-the-rooms-are-inlaid-with-woods-of-different-colours-and-contain-fascinating-paintings-metals-goldsmith-s-work-silks-all-by-milanese-craftsmen-who-can-truly-compete-with-the-world\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><em>&#8220;Truly, no one could imagine anything more sumptuous. The rooms are inlaid with woods of different colours, and contain fascinating paintings, metals, goldsmith\u2019s work, silks, all by Milanese craftsmen who can truly compete with the world.&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\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-b2e659ba 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The marquis who accompanied her on that visit, Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli (1822-79), was converting his family apartment into a sequence of rooms in historicist style \u2013 the Studiolo Dantesco in 14th-century style, the Black Chamber \u201cof the early Renaissance\u201d, the Chamber of Stuccos in Rococo style, the Baroque Staircase \u2013 designed as a setting for one of the most important collections of Old Master art in 19th-century Italy.<\/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-b2e659ba 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\">Studiolo Dantesco<\/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\">Sala Nera<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"Un'immagine in bianco e nero mostra la Sala d\u2019Armi in una foto d'epoca.\" 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\">Sala d&#8217;Armi<\/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\">Sala Gialla<\/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-b2e659ba 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For every piece he purchased, the marquis consulted the most authoritative connoisseurs of the time, from Giovanni Morelli to Otto M\u00fcndler, and recorded everything in a personal notebook, \u201cmy private fund\u201d.<\/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 id=\"h-the-golden-room-a-state-room-overlooking-the-garden-was-its-highest-point-it-showcased-the-renaissance-masterpieces-in-the-collection-including-works-by-botticelli-mantegna-and-piero-del-pollaiolo\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">The Golden Room, a state room overlooking the garden, was its highest point. It showcased the Renaissance masterpieces in the collection, including works by Botticelli, Mantegna and Piero del Pollaiolo.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h6 id=\"h-the-notebook-of-gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoli-my-private-fund\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The notebook of GIAN GIACOMO POLDI PEZZOLI, \u201cmy private fund\u201d<\/h6>\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 alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/player.flipsnack.com\/index.html?hash=NkQ4QkM5RjZBRUQrN2s4eWNqdGJkYw==\" title=\"Il contratto per la lavorazione della serliana, 23 marzo 1876\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" allowfullscreen style=\"width:100%;max-width:100%;height:600px\"><\/iframe>\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-b2e659ba 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his will, dated Milan, August <strong>1871<\/strong>, Poldi Pezzoli wrote in his own hand the words that would establish the museum:<\/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-\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\u201c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-i-will-that-the-apartment-which-i-occupy-the-armoury-with-the-paintings-the-works-of-art-the-library-and-the-furnishings-be-kept-for-public-use-and-benefit-in-perpetuity-and-i-entrust-the-administration-and-management-to-my-friend-giuseppe-bertini\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><em>\u201cI will that the apartment which I occupy [&#8230;] the armoury, with the paintings, the works of art, the library and the furnishings [&#8230;] be kept for public use and benefit in perpetuity [&#8230;] And I entrust the administration and management to my friend Giuseppe Bertini.&#8221;<\/em><\/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 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli<\/strong>, Last Will and Testament, Milan, August 1871<\/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:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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<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-2bedf224 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=\"841\" height=\"1273\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Prima-pagina-Testamento-Notarile-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Prima-pagina-Testamento-Notarile-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli.jpg 841w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Prima-pagina-Testamento-Notarile-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Prima-pagina-Testamento-Notarile-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Prima-pagina-Testamento-Notarile-Gian-Giacomo-Poldi-Pezzoli-676x1024.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli, Last Will and Testament, Milan, August 1871<\/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 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-b2e659ba 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 id=\"h-giuseppe-bertini-1825-1898\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\"><strong>Giuseppe Bertini<\/strong> (1825-1898)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">Painter and professor at the Brera Academy, of which he would later become director, <strong>Giuseppe Bertini <\/strong>(1825-1898) is the friend to whom Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli entrusts the transformation of his own apartment into a house museum, leading from 1874 a team of decorators that includes the painter Luigi Scrosati, the bronze-worker Giuseppe Speluzzi, and the sculptor Lorenzo Vela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">In his 1871 will, Poldi Pezzoli also entrusts him with the administration and direction of the future foundation: it will be Bertini who, in 1881, opens the museum to the public, and who directs it until his death in 1898, when leadership passes to the architect Camillo Boito.<\/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:30%\">\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=\"497\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bertini-autoritratto-fondazione-Zeri.jpg\" alt=\"Giuseppe Bertini (1825-1898)\" class=\"wp-image-8759\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bertini-autoritratto-fondazione-Zeri.jpg 497w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bertini-autoritratto-fondazione-Zeri-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/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--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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<h5 id=\"h-giuseppe-bertini-s-project\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Giuseppe Bertini\u2019s project<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decorative project of the Salon, entrusted to Giuseppe Bertini (1825-98) and carried out between <strong>1874 and 1881<\/strong>, is described in detail in the \u201cDescription of the Rooms that form part of the Poldi-Pezzoli Artistic Foundation\u201d, the document drafted for the Museum\u2019s Trustees and accompanies each room of the house:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h--0\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\u201c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-a-gilded-wooden-ceiling-in-the-ducal-style-divided-by-four-parallel-beams-with-richly-carved-corbels-the-frescoed-frieze-with-putti-and-festoons-of-flowers-and-fruit-was-surmounted-by-a-gilded-wooden-cornice-and-the-walls-were-hung-with-yellow-damask-silk-fabrics-the-large-architectural-window-in-renaissance-style-overlooking-the-garden-was-enclosed-by-two-marble-jambs-rising-from-a-granite-base-with-four-columns-and-a-barrel-vaulted-archivolt-in-ornavasso-marble-the-bases-and-capitals-of-the-columns-were-clad-with-florentine-bronze-while-the-shafts-of-the-columns-were-in-pavonazzo-marble-from-siena\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>A gilded wooden ceiling in the ducal style, divided by four parallel beams with richly carved corbels. The frescoed frieze with putti and festoons of flowers and fruit was surmounted by a gilded wooden cornice, and the walls [&#8230;] were hung with yellow damask silk fabrics. The large architectural window in Renaissance\u00a0 style overlooking the garden was enclosed by two marble jambs rising from a granite base, with four columns and a barrel-vaulted archivolt in Ornavasso marble [&#8230;]; the bases and capitals of the columns were clad with Florentine bronze, while the shafts of the columns were in pavonazzo marble from Siena.&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The document continues with details that appear in no historical photograph. In the right-hand corner of the Serlian window was a recessed wall-mounted vitrine with an ebony frame, natural mahogany doors and ebony moulding, an English lock with an oxidised bronze plate and a small drawer with gilded bronze knobs; on the left side, an opening without a door connected the Salon with the Black Chamber, whose embrasures were lined with the same yellow damask as the salon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 id=\"h-description-of-the-rooms-that-are-part-of-the-poldi-pezzoli-artistic-foundation-giuseppe-bertini\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">Description of the rooms that are part of the Poldi-Pezzoli Artistic Foundation, Giuseppe Bertini<\/h6>\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 alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/player.flipsnack.com\/index.html?hash=NkQ4QkM5RjZBRUQremgzMHRrejRvdA==%22\" title=\"Il contratto per la lavorazione della serliana, 23 marzo 1876\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" allowfullscreen style=\"width:100%;max-width:100%;height:600px\"><\/iframe>\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--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">Six elements, a single unified design: the gilded ceiling, the painted frieze, the walls lined with damask silk, the large marble window, the bronze parapet and the corner vitrine formed a single decorative apparatus, designed \u2014 like all the rooms of the house \u2014 to frame the masterpieces on display. It was the combination of these elements that made the Golden Room the most important state room in the museum home.<\/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:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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-2bedf224 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=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-dorato-800.jpg\" alt=\"Il Salone Dorato, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, fine Ottocento. Veduta d'insieme della sala nell'allestimento voluto da Giuseppe Bertini, con la specchiera barocca sulla parete sinistra.\" class=\"wp-image-8671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-dorato-800.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-dorato-800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-dorato-800-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-dorato-800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-dorato-800-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-Salone-dorato-800-1000x750.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Room, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, late 19th century. Overall view of the room in the layout commissioned by Giuseppe Bertini, with the Baroque mirror on the left-hand wall.<\/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:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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-2bedf224 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=\"1126\" height=\"1377\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800.jpg\" alt=\"Salone Dorato, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, fine Ottocento. Il camino andato distrutto nei bombardamenti del 1943\" class=\"wp-image-8767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800-837x1024.jpg 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden Room, part of the fireplace, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, late 19th century. View against the light of the large marble Serlian window overlooking the garden.<\/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: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-2bedf224 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=\"1126\" height=\"1377\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800-02.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800-02-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800-02-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-fine-800-02-837x1024.jpg 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden Room, part of the fireplace, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, late 19th century. The fireplace destroyed in the 1943 air raids<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1135\" height=\"1512\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/preventivo-serliana-salone-dorato-1876.jpg\" alt=\"Il preventivo della serliana a firma di Boni e Peletti, 2 marzo 1876\" class=\"wp-image-8716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/preventivo-serliana-salone-dorato-1876.jpg 1135w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/preventivo-serliana-salone-dorato-1876-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/preventivo-serliana-salone-dorato-1876-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/preventivo-serliana-salone-dorato-1876-769x1024.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1135px) 100vw, 1135px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The estimate for the Serlian window signed by Boni and Peletti, 2 March 1876<\/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: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-b2e659ba 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<h5 id=\"h-construction-of-the-serlian-window\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Construction of the Serlian window<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">The original documents relating to the construction of the <strong>Serlian<\/strong> window, the only window in the Salon, have survived. On <strong>2 March 1876<\/strong> the sculptors-suppliers Boni and Peletti presented an estimate of 5,650 lire for \u201ca large window with archivolts, columns and base, composed of Ornavasco marble and Pavonazzo marble from Siena.\u201d<br><br>Three weeks later, on <strong>23 March 1876<\/strong>, the contract signed on behalf of Giuseppe Speluzzi set the final price at 5,300 lire; negotiations reduced the estimate by 350 lire, and imposed eleven articles into the specifications: the choice of marble remained with the client, the suppliers had to present a plaster model on a 1:1 scale before proceeding, any defective pieces had to be replaced at the expense of the suppliers, payments were to be made in three instalments. Article 9 set the deadline for<strong> 15 September <\/strong>of the same year, with a penalty of 200 lire for each week\u2019s delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 id=\"h-the-contract-signed-on-behalf-of-giuseppe-speluzzi-for-the-serlian-window-23-march-1876\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">The contract signed on behalf of Giuseppe Speluzzi for the Serlian window, 23 March 1876<\/h6>\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 alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/player.flipsnack.com\/index.html?hash=NkQ4QkM5RjZBRUQraDk1cjNmanh1Mw==%22\" title=\"Il contratto per la lavorazione della serliana, 23 marzo 1876\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" allowfullscreen style=\"width:100%;max-width:100%;height:600px\"><\/iframe>\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-b2e659ba 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blocks of stone arrived in Milan by train, aboard the Ferrovia dell\u2019Alta Italia: the delivery notes preserved still record the weights, tariffs and recipients of the consignment: three wagon-loads of rough marble in a single delivery.<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1076\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documento-trasporto-marmi-per-serliana-salone-dorato.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documento-trasporto-marmi-per-serliana-salone-dorato.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documento-trasporto-marmi-per-serliana-salone-dorato-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documento-trasporto-marmi-per-serliana-salone-dorato-767x454.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documento-trasporto-marmi-per-serliana-salone-dorato-1024x606.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/><\/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: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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"787\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/christofle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/christofle.jpg 787w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/christofle-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/christofle-767x346.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/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: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-b2e659ba 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And a final item, rather minor but eloquent, records that the decorative plaques were \u201carranged and renewed with gilding\u201d to adapt Christophle\u2019s&nbsp; electroplated mounts to the columns and the archway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it is precisely this detail that reveals the collector\u2019s international taste: the rosettes and metal inserts of the Serlian window were made of Christofle alloy, a precious galvanised metal produced by the Parisian manufacturer of the same name, brought especially from Paris.<\/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 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-b2e659ba 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 id=\"h-christofle-alloy\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\">Christofle alloy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">Founded in Paris in 1830 by Charles Christofle, the manufactory revolutionised European goldsmithing starting in 1842, when Christofle patented gilding and silvering by electrolysis. In addition to using it on tableware that eventually became famous worldwide, the technique was also used on a monumental scale: in 1858 it decorated the carriages of Pope Pius IX\u2019s train, in 1868 the statues on the roof of the Paris Op\u00e9ra, in 1869 those of the church of Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseille. <br><br>It was to this same manufactory, at the height of its international fame, that Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli turned in 1876 for the inserts of the Serlian window in 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:35%\">\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=\"1801\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bronze-galvanique-christofle-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8761\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bronze-galvanique-christofle-scaled.jpg 1801w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bronze-galvanique-christofle-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bronze-galvanique-christofle-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bronze-galvanique-christofle-768x1091.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bronze-galvanique-christofle-1081x1536.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bronze-galvanique-christofle-1441x2048.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1801px) 100vw, 1801px\" \/><\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1920\" height=\"1471\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-inizi-900.jpg\" alt=\"Il Salone Dorato nei primi del Novecento, con le vetrine e sui cavalletti, la Dama di Piero del Pollaiolo e la Madonna con Bambino di Sandro Botticelli\" class=\"wp-image-8827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-inizi-900.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-inizi-900-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-inizi-900-767x588.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-inizi-900-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-inizi-900-1536x1177.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Room in the early 20th century, with Piero del Pollaiolo\u2019s <em>Lady<\/em> and Sandro Botticelli\u2019s <em>Madonna and Child<\/em> displayed in glass cases and on easels<\/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: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-b2e659ba 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:45%\">\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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-1891-1024x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-1891-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-1891-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-1891-767x600.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-1891.jpg 1137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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<h5 id=\"h-1898-the-first-refurbishment\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\">1898<br>The first refurbishment<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:0\">The eclectic taste of the Golden Room did not appeal to everyone, not even immediately after Poldi Pezzoli\u2019s death. When in <strong>1898<\/strong> the architect Camillo Boito, one of the founders of Italian scholarly museography, succeeded Bertini as the museum\u2019s director, he undertook a first refurbishment with the declared aim of lightening the house. The carved furniture was removed from the bedroom.<br><br>The Golden Room, which in the meantime had <em>\u201ctaken on the appearance of an antique dealer\u2019s shop\u201d, <\/em>was partly cleared out. Councillor Aldo Noseda, justifying Boito\u2019s choices, openly spoke of a<em> \u201cpoor taste that for fifty years has raged even in our country\u201d. <\/em>This was the first, and certainly not the last, of the times when the Golden Room was criticised. From the start, the museum has never ceased questioning how to display itself.<\/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-b2e659ba 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:45%\">\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=\"1186\" height=\"1636\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/milano-bombardamenti-1943.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/milano-bombardamenti-1943.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/milano-bombardamenti-1943-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/milano-bombardamenti-1943-742x1024.jpg 742w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/milano-bombardamenti-1943-768x1059.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/milano-bombardamenti-1943-1114x1536.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1186px) 100vw, 1186px\" \/><\/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<h5 id=\"h-the-night-of-the-air-raid\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">The night of the air raid<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>August 1943<\/strong> Milan suffered one of the most devastating air raids in its history.<br><br>Between 13 and 14 August, 1,250 tons of incendiary bombs fell in two hours, damaging the city\u2019s symbolic monuments: Palazzo Marino, Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Castello Sforzesco and among them the Museo Poldi Pezzoli.<br><br>The artworks had already been placed in safety in 1940, but the building could not be protected. The incendiary fragments burned the roof and caused the collapse of most of the floors on the first floor, including those of the Armoury and the Chamber of the Lombards. The Golden Room lost its coffered ceiling, the frieze frescoed by Bertini, the fireplace, and the tapestry: the whole decorative apparatus that had made it one of the most admired historicist complexes in Europe, capable of inspiring museums such as the Isabella Stewart Gardner in Boston and the Frick Collection in New York. Of the large marble window, the only part in non-combustible material, the framework survived.<\/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-b2e659ba 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: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=\"1200\" height=\"1618\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-gabinetto-dantesco-dopo-il-bombardamento.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-gabinetto-dantesco-dopo-il-bombardamento.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-gabinetto-dantesco-dopo-il-bombardamento-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-gabinetto-dantesco-dopo-il-bombardamento-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-gabinetto-dantesco-dopo-il-bombardamento-768x1035.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-gabinetto-dantesco-dopo-il-bombardamento-1139x1536.jpg 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Studiolo Dantesco after the 1943 air raid<\/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=\"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=\"1200\" height=\"1618\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dopo-il-bombardamento.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dopo-il-bombardamento.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dopo-il-bombardamento-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dopo-il-bombardamento-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dopo-il-bombardamento-768x1035.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dopo-il-bombardamento-1139x1536.jpg 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Room after the 1943 air raid<\/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=\"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=\"1200\" height=\"1618\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-scalone-dopo-il-bombardamento.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-scalone-dopo-il-bombardamento.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-scalone-dopo-il-bombardamento-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-scalone-dopo-il-bombardamento-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-scalone-dopo-il-bombardamento-1139x1536.jpg 1139w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-scalone-dopo-il-bombardamento-768x1035.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Staircase after the 1943 air raid<\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 id=\"h-reconstruction-two-visions-compared\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Reconstruction: <br>two visions compared<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the war\u2019s end, a struggle was waged between two officials of the Heritage Superintendency. <strong>Guglielmo Pacchioni <\/strong>considered the building too damaged to be rebuilt in its historic location; <strong>Fernanda Wittgens<\/strong> (1903-57), an official of the Superintendency of Galleries, well known for having saved the artworks in Brera during the war, opposed this. She obtained the necessary funds from the Ministry and in January <strong>1946<\/strong> the commission decided to rebuild the museum where it was. The work, directed by the architect <strong>Ferdinando Reggiori<\/strong>, began the following year.<\/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 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-b2e659ba 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 id=\"h-fernanda-wittgens-and-ferdinando-reggiori\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\">Fernanda Wittgens and Ferdinando Reggiori<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><br>An art historian and the first woman to be appointed director of the Pinacoteca di Brera, <strong>Fernanda Wittgens<\/strong> is remembered above all for having saved the artworks in Brera during the war and for the battle that she won to rebuild the Poldi Pezzoli in its historic location. <br><br><strong>Ferdinando Reggiori<\/strong>, a Milanese architect and architectural historian, was the director of works between 1946 and 1951.<\/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=\"1901\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fernanda-Wittgens-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fernanda Wittgens\" class=\"wp-image-8744\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fernanda-Wittgens-scaled-1.jpg 1901w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fernanda-Wittgens-scaled-1-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fernanda-Wittgens-scaled-1-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fernanda-Wittgens-scaled-1-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fernanda-Wittgens-scaled-1-1141x1536.jpg 1141w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fernanda-Wittgens-scaled-1-1521x2048.jpg 1521w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fernanda-Wittgens-scaled-1-557x750.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1901px) 100vw, 1901px\" \/><\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It remained to decide how to proceed. In <strong>1948<\/strong> the commissioner Paolo D\u2019Ancona wondered whether it would not be better to <em>\u201cerase every trace of the old decoration\u201d,<\/em> showing the room as<em> \u201can example of the bad taste of the time\u201d<\/em>. With this logic, even the Studiolo Dantesco risked being destroyed. Instead, the policy adopted by Wittgens and the architect Ferdinando Reggiori prevailed: not a historical forgery, but \u201ca restrained modern arrangement\u201d, a harmony between what survived and some new elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Studiolo Dantesco and the Baroque Staircase, less damaged, were restored \u201cwhere they were and as they were\u201d. The museum reopened on<strong> 1 December 1951<\/strong>.<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"2560\" height=\"1933\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-dellAffresco_Aragozzini_1951-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Il Salone dell'Affresco nel 1951\" class=\"wp-image-8822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-dellAffresco_Aragozzini_1951-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-dellAffresco_Aragozzini_1951-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-dellAffresco_Aragozzini_1951-767x579.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-dellAffresco_Aragozzini_1951-1024x773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-dellAffresco_Aragozzini_1951-1536x1160.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-dellAffresco_Aragozzini_1951-2048x1546.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Fresco Room in 1951<\/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:60%\">\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=\"2560\" height=\"1933\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Lombardi_Aragozzini_1951-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"La Sala dei Lombardi nel 1951\" class=\"wp-image-8824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Lombardi_Aragozzini_1951-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Lombardi_Aragozzini_1951-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Lombardi_Aragozzini_1951-767x579.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Lombardi_Aragozzini_1951-1024x773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Lombardi_Aragozzini_1951-1536x1160.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Lombardi_Aragozzini_1951-2048x1546.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Lombard Room in 1951<\/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: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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 id=\"h-for-the-golden-room-the-most-badly-damaged-the-choice-fell-on-a-composition-of-cremonese-panels-for-the-ceiling-a-cinquecento-fireplace-on-loan-and-new-ochre-coloured-wall-coverings-the-marble-serlian-window-which-survived-was-the-only-original-feature\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the Golden Room, the most badly damaged, the choice fell on a composition of Cremonese panels for the ceiling, a Cinquecento fireplace on loan, and new ochre-coloured wall coverings. The marble Serlian window, which survived, was the only original feature.<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1920\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-con-tavolette-basso_Aragozzini_1951.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-con-tavolette-basso_Aragozzini_1951.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-con-tavolette-basso_Aragozzini_1951-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-con-tavolette-basso_Aragozzini_1951-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-con-tavolette-basso_Aragozzini_1951-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-con-tavolette-basso_Aragozzini_1951-1536x1120.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Room in 1951, overall view. The post-war installation designed by Fernanda Wittgens and Ferdinando Reggiori<\/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:60%\">\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=\"1920\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-allestimento-1951-02-2.jpg\" alt=\"Salone Dorato, 1951. L'allestimento del dopoguerra firmato da Fernanda Wittgens e Ferdinando Reggiori\" class=\"wp-image-8871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-allestimento-1951-02-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-allestimento-1951-02-2-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-allestimento-1951-02-2-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-allestimento-1951-02-2-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-allestimento-1951-02-2-1536x1120.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Room in 1951, overall view. The post-war installation designed by Fernanda Wittgens and Ferdinando Reggiori<\/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: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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1905\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-nel-1951-dettaglio-soffitto-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Il Salone Dorato nel 1951, dettaglio del soffitto. Le tavolette cremonesi scelte da Fernanda Wittgens, disposte a griglia con medaglioni dipinti, componevano il nuovo soffitto della sala ricostruita dopo i bombardamenti del 1943\" class=\"wp-image-8773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-nel-1951-dettaglio-soffitto-scaled.jpg 1905w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-nel-1951-dettaglio-soffitto-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-nel-1951-dettaglio-soffitto-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-nel-1951-dettaglio-soffitto-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-nel-1951-dettaglio-soffitto-1143x1536.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato-nel-1951-dettaglio-soffitto-1524x2048.jpg 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1905px) 100vw, 1905px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Room in 1951, detail of the ceiling. The Cremonese panels chosen by Fernanda Wittgens, arranged in a grid of painted medallions, formed the chamber\u2019s new ceiling rebuilt after the 1943 air raids\u00a0<\/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:60%\">\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=\"800\" height=\"1081\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato_Aragozzini_1951.jpg\" alt=\"Il Salone Dorato nel 1951, le colonne della serliana, superstite dai bombardamenti, con il Ritratto di dama di Piero del Pollaiolo su cavalletto e, sullo sfondo, l'apertura verso la sala Visconti Venosta\" class=\"wp-image-8819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato_Aragozzini_1951.jpg 800w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato_Aragozzini_1951-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato_Aragozzini_1951-767x1037.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Salone-Dorato_Aragozzini_1951-758x1024.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Room in 1951, detail of the ceiling. The Cremonese panels chosen by Fernanda Wittgens, arranged in a grid of painted medallions, formed the chamber\u2019s new ceiling rebuilt after the 1943 air raids\u00a0<\/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:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-poldi-secondary-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-b2e659ba 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<h5 id=\"h-1974-the-third-refurbishment\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\">1974<br>The third refurbishment<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">In November <strong>1974<\/strong> the Salon was transformed for the third time: a new plasterboard ceiling, a sort of lowered vault, reduced its height to make it more intimate and suitable for exhibiting small-format works on easels.<br><br>The project redesigned the volume of the whole room and changed the light and proportions, modifying its perception, lighting, and the relation between the walls and the space. The upper part of the large marble window, the only element that survived the air raids, was largely concealed by this new arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-15 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">It would remain there, without anyone seeing it, until 2025. The room that visitors had known for two generations was not Wittgens\u2019 reconstruction, but this further downsized version.<\/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=\"1752\" height=\"1169\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70.jpg 1752w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-767x512.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1752px) 100vw, 1752px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden Room, 1974-2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\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=\"1752\" height=\"1169\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-1.jpg 1752w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-1-767x512.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-pold-ipezzoli-salone-dorato-anni-70-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1752px) 100vw, 1752px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Serlian window of the Golden Room, 1974-2026<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h6 id=\"h-part-two\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">PART TWO<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-discovery-and-the-recovery-project\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The discovery <\/strong><br><strong>and the recovery project<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">In <strong>2025<\/strong>, a video inspection inside the false ceiling revealed that the whole part of the arch that had been concealed since 1974 still preserved its marble and bronze ornaments intact. The recovery project, approved by the Superintendency and drawn up by the architect <strong>Piero Guicciardini<\/strong>, affected more than the window: it envisaged e removal of the false ceiling from the 1970s and restoration of the 19th-century volume of the whole Salon, restoring the height and proportions desired by Bertini to the room.<br><br>The recovered space has made it possible to return to the room the two tapestries depicting the <em>Stories of Amadis of Gaul<\/em> by Fran\u00e7oise Spiering and restored in 2005, no longer exhibited since the refurbishment in the seventies due to the changed volume of the room, and to replace the Cremonese tablets from 1951 in a new arrangement. With the volume restored, the Serlian window is visible again in its entirety.<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1534\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Milano, 2025. Un tecnico ispeziona lo spazio dietro il controsoffitto del Salone Dorato: sotto l'impalcatura, il capitello e la colonna marmorea della serliana, ancora nascosti\" class=\"wp-image-8775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-1227x1536.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1534px) 100vw, 1534px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Milan, 2025. A technician inspects the space behind the false ceiling of the Golden Room. Behind the scaffolding are the capital and the marble column of the Serlian window, still concealed<\/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:80%\">\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=\"1534\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-1.jpg\" alt=\"Milano, 2025. Dettaglio ravvicinato dell'intradosso dietro il controsoffitto, durante l'ispezione che ha rivelato le decorazioni ottocentesche rimaste intatte per cinquant'anni\" class=\"wp-image-8777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-1.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-1-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-1-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-ispezione-soffitto-salone-dorato-2025-1-1227x1536.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1534px) 100vw, 1534px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Milan, 2025. Close-up of a detail of the soffit behind the false ceiling, during the inspection that revealed the 19th-century ornaments that had remained intact for fifty years<\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">The project began with an analysis in depth of the sources. Archival documents of the house and historical images guided the studies that led to the work on such an important architectural feature. For the<strong> World Monuments Fund<\/strong>, the project focused on three stated objectives: to reinterpret the history of the collection in a contemporary key; to guarantee public access, the same principle by which Poldi Pezzoli\u2019s testament bequeathed the house \u201cfor public use and benefit in perpetuity\u201d; and to keep the museum within an international network of cultural relations.<br><br>The work involved three distinct processes conducted in parallel: restoration of the marble arch and the Baroque mirror located in the same room, and recovery of the panels for the new ceiling.<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 id=\"h-restoration-of-the-serlian-window\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restoration of the Serlian window<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">The arch is made of different kinds of marble, mainly candoglia and bardiglio, and was poorly preserved. Having been covered for decades, numerous patches of saline efflorescence had formed, the main cause of some panels becoming detached. The most characteristic features remain the rosettes and inserts in Christofle alloy, the precious material brought especially from France, to which Poldi Pezzoli had additional gilding applied.<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana.jpg\" alt=\"Vista dal basso dell'arcata e dei capitelli della serliana durante il cantiere\" class=\"wp-image-8779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-768x1024-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View from below of the arch and capitals of the Serlian window during the work<\/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:80%\">\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=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-02.jpg\" alt=\"Dettaglio delle rosette in lega Christofle prima della pulitura, con i depositi accumulati durante i cinquant'anni sotto il controsoffitto\" class=\"wp-image-8781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-02.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-02-768x1024-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-02-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of the rosettes of Christofle alloy before cleaning, with the deposits accumulated over the fifty years behind the false ceiling<\/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:80%\">\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=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-03.jpg\" alt=\"Licia Brescia, restauratrice specializzata in materiale lapideo, al lavoro sull'archivolto della serliana, tra le formelle decorate e i marmi policromi ancora da pulire\" class=\"wp-image-8783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-03.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-03-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-03-768x1024-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-03-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Licia Brescia, a restorer specialising in stone materials, at work on the archivolt of the Serlian window, amid the decorated panels and the polychrome marbles still to be cleaned<\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-salone-dorato-restauro-serliana.jpg\" alt=\"Pulitura di una rosetta in lega Christofle sul basamento della serliana, per rimuovere i depositi accumulati sotto il controsoffitto.\" class=\"wp-image-8793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-salone-dorato-restauro-serliana.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03-salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cleaning of a Christofle alloy rosette on the base of the Serlian window, to remove the deposits accumulated behind the false ceiling.<\/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:80%\">\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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-salone-dorato-restauro-serliana.jpg\" alt=\"Dettaglio del basamento, con una scheggiatura nel marmo bianco e l'inserto in verde di Varallo: i segni dei cinquant'anni trascorsi sotto la copertura\" class=\"wp-image-8795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-salone-dorato-restauro-serliana.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of the base, with the white marble chipped and the insert in Varallo green marble: the signs of the fifty years spent under the covering<\/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:80%\">\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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-salone-dorato-restauro-serliana.jpg\" alt=\"Le rosette bronzee dell'archivolto, in controluce, dopo la rimozione del controsoffitto che le teneva nascoste.\" class=\"wp-image-8797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-salone-dorato-restauro-serliana.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-salone-dorato-restauro-serliana-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The bronze rosettes of the archivolt seen in sunlight after the removal of the false ceiling that concealed them.<\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 id=\"h-restoration-of-the-mirror\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Restoration of the mirror<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the same chamber, a second intervention, conducted by Emiliana Bianchi of Open Care, concerned a baroque mirror in wood carved and gilded. Structurally, there were some cracks in the wooden elements, consolidated with screwed wooden reinforcements; the decorative layers, however, were well preserved \u2013 the gilding had not suffered major alterations and was only veiled by the characteristic environmental deposits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most obvious defect was a missing section of the glass frame in the main part of the mirror, a gap with a significant aesthetic impact: the missing portion was reconstructed in glass, then gilded, polished and inserted in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the carved elements that cover the points of connection of the glass perimeter frame also lack pieces. They were reconstructed with a silicone rubber cast taken from the original side still intact, filled with plaster, gilded and completed with small glass gems similar in colour and shape to the originals. These elements, in addition to their aesthetic function, have a structural purpose by fastening parts of the frame.<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"2174\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-01-backstage-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"La specchiera barocca viene rimossa dalla parete del Salone Dorato dal team di Open Care, per essere trasportata in laboratorio\" class=\"wp-image-8785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-01-backstage-scaled.jpg 2174w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-01-backstage-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-01-backstage-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-01-backstage-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-01-backstage-1305x1536.jpg 1305w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-01-backstage-1739x2048.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2174px) 100vw, 2174px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The baroque mirror is removed from the wall of the Golden Room by the Open Care team, to be taken to the laboratory<\/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:80%\">\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=\"2174\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dettaglio della cornice vitrea: le fratture e la lacuna nel vetro verde, il difetto pi\u00f9 evidente individuato sulla specchiera\" class=\"wp-image-8787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-scaled.jpg 2174w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-1305x1536.jpg 1305w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-1739x2048.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2174px) 100vw, 2174px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of the glass frame: the fissures and the gap in the green glass, the most obvious defect identified on the mirror<\/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:80%\">\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=\"2174\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-03-backstage-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Emiliana Bianchi in laboratorio, la doratura a foglia degli elementi intagliati ricostruiti, prima del montaggio nella cornice\" class=\"wp-image-8789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-03-backstage-scaled.jpg 2174w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-03-backstage-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-03-backstage-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-03-backstage-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-03-backstage-1305x1536.jpg 1305w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-specchiera-03-backstage-1739x2048.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2174px) 100vw, 2174px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emiliana Bianchi in the laboratory, the leaf gilding of the reconstructed carved elements, before assembly in the frame<\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"768\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage.jpg\" alt=\"Spolveratura a pennello e aspiratore di uno degli elementi intagliati e dorati della cornice, tra gli inserti in vetro verde\" class=\"wp-image-8799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04-salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Using a paint brush and vacuum duster to clean one of the carved and gilded elements of the frame, between the green glass inserts<\/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:80%\">\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=\"768\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage.jpg\" alt=\"Dettaglio della cornice dorata durante la pulitura: gli inserti in vetro verde incorniciati da piccoli tondi, alcuni scheggiati dal tempo\" class=\"wp-image-8801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/05-salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of the gilded frame during cleaning: the green glass inserts framed by small roundels, some chipped with age<\/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:80%\">\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=\"768\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage.jpg\" alt=\"La lastra centrale della specchiera, con una decorazione a motivo vegetale incisa sul vetro, un dettaglio che il restauro riporta in piena luce\" class=\"wp-image-8803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-salone-dorato-specchiera-02-backstage-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The central pane of the mirror, decorated with a plant motif engraved in the glass, a detail that restoration brings back to light<\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 id=\"h-the-panels-for-the-new-ceiling\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">The panels for the new ceiling<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The space restored by the removal of the false ceiling also made it possible to rethink the ceiling of the chamber. The 15th-century panels, made by a workshop in Crema and brought from Palazzo Vimercati in Crema in 1951, depicting busts of men and women and heraldic coats of arms of the noble families of Crema, have been reinstalled in a new arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together with them return the two tapestries depicting the <em>Stories of Amadis of Gaul<\/em> by Fran\u00e7oise Spiering, restored in 2005, but no longer exhibited since refurbishment in the 1970s because of the chamber\u2019s altered volumes.<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1200\" height=\"1437\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-1-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-1-767x919.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-1-855x1024.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/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:80%\">\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=\"1200\" height=\"1437\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-02-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-02-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-02-1-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-02-1-767x919.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-dettaglio-tavolette-soffitto-2026-02-1-855x1024.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 id=\"h-today-the-golden-room-speaks-to-us-again\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Today the Golden Room speaks to us again<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a coincidence worth telling in full. The contract for the serliana, signed by Boni and Peletti on 23 March 1876, set a precise deadline in Article 9: the work had to be &#8220;completely finished and put in place&#8221; by<strong> 15 September <\/strong>of that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the very same date \u2014 <strong>15 September<\/strong> <strong>2026<\/strong>, one hundred and fifty years later \u2014 on which the new Salone Dorato reopens to the public. No one had planned it: it is simply the construction schedule that happened, by pure chance, to close on the same day a master builder had written into a contract a hundred and fifty years earlier.<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"914\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/poldi-pezzoli-contratto-serliana-articolo-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/poldi-pezzoli-contratto-serliana-articolo-9.png 914w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/poldi-pezzoli-contratto-serliana-articolo-9-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/poldi-pezzoli-contratto-serliana-articolo-9-766x166.png 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The contract dated March 23, 1876, between Giuseppe Speluzzi and the suppliers Boni and Peletti, Article 9<\/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: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-b2e659ba 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=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One hundred and fifty years after the contract with Boni and Peletti, eighty years after the air raids, and fifty years after the false ceiling compressed its volume, the Golden Room has regained the height and proportions designed by Bertini. Not its decoration, lost in 1943 and never reconstructed, but the space that that decoration was created to fill. The ceiling remains the one from the post-war period, rearranged; the great marble window, the only feature that has survived here since the 19th century, is visible in its entirety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All its ages coexist in the room today: the Serlian window of 1876, the post-war ceiling, the choices made during the work that has just been completed. One hundred and fifty years of conservation and transformation, still legible side by side.<\/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);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-01.jpg\" alt=\"Salone Dorato, Museo Poldi Pezzoli. 15 settembre 2026\" class=\"wp-image-8895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-01.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden Room, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. September 15, 2026<\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-02.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-02-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-02-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-02-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-02-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden Room, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. September 15, 2026<\/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:80%\">\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=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-03.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-03-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-03-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-03-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-03-819x1024.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden Room, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. September 15, 2026<\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-04.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-04-767x511.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-04-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden Room, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. September 15, 2026<\/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<\/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-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1920\" height=\"1396\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-06.jpg\" alt=\"Serliana, Salone Dorato, Museo Poldi Pezzoli. 15 settembre 2026\" class=\"wp-image-8859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-06.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-06-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-06-767x558.jpg 767w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-06-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-06-1536x1117.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of the Serliana, Golden Room, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. September 15, 2026<\/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<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-05.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-05-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-05-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-05-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-05-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The restored serliana in the Golden Room, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. September 15, 2026<\/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:80%\">\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=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-07.jpg\" alt=\"Le rosette in lega Christofle della serliana, restaurate e ridorate. \n\" class=\"wp-image-8906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-07.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-07-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-07-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-07-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/salone-dorato-2026-07-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Christofle alloy rosettes on the serliana, restored and re-gilded.<br>Golden Room, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. September 15, 2026<\/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<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba 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=\"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=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-01.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The gilded bronze capitals of the restored serliana, with a Bardiglio marble band.<br>Golden Room, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. September 15, 2026<\/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:80%\">\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=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-02.jpg\" alt=\"Le rosette in lega Christofle dell'archivolto, restaurate e ridorate. \nSalone Dorato, Museo Poldi Pezzoli. 15 settembre 2026\" class=\"wp-image-8864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-02-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/museo-poldi-pezzoli-salone-dorato-2026-dettaglio-serliana-02-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Christofle alloy rosettes on the serliana, restored and re-gilded.<br>Golden Room, Poldi Pezzoli Museum. 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