Museums and Galleries
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Established in April 1618 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana was created as the natural complement to the Biblioteca Ambrosiana—which Borromeo himself had opened to the public in 1609—with the aim of establishing a cultural centre that united the various fields of knowledge and the visual arts.
The museum consists of 24 rooms, where visitors can admire some of the greatest masterpieces of all time, such as the Portrait of a Musician by Leonardo da Vinci, The Basket of Fruit by Caravaggio, the cartoon for the School of Athens by Raphael, the Adoration of the Magi by Titian, the Madonna of the Pavilion by Sandro Botticelli and the magnificent Vases of Flowers by Jan Brueghel.
