Located at the heart of Milan, the Museo Poldi Pezzoli houses one of the most important private collections in the world. It was assembled by its eponymous former owner, Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli, who was the scion of a Milanese family with a passionate interest in art. In 1850, he began to furnish his city palace, thus laying the foundations of his superb collection of art. A succession of several rooms takes the visitor through the various epochs in the history of art. Paintings, arts and craft objects and porcelain ranging from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the Rococo are exhibited by epoch and grouped to complement one another. Highlights include paintings from the Renaissance by Botticelli, Mantegna, Piero della Francesca and Giovanni Bellini as well as works from the 18th century by Tiepolo, Canaletto and Guardi. The collection has been open to the public since 1881.

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