Pinacoteca di Brera Tickets

• See a huge collection of ancient and modern art
• See famous masterpieces of Raphael, Titian and Caravaggio
• Skip the line and don't waste you time
• Once entered, spend inside the museum all the time you want

The Art Gallery was founded in 1776 together with the Academy of Fine Arts, by the will of the Empress Maria Teresa d'Austria. When Milan became, under Napoleon, the capital of the Reign of Italy, the Pinacoteca was transformed into a museum that displayed the most significant works from the conquered territories of the French army.

Therefore, the Pinacoteca di Brera, unlike many others art museums such as the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, is not born from private collections, but from the public and politic ones, and today it houses an extraordinary collection of Venetian and Lombard paintings, ranging from prehistoric to contemporary art.

Collections

The collection is mainly based on paintings coming from the monasteries and churches abolished by Napoleon in the early years of the 19th Century. In 1814 the Congress of Vienna decreed the restitution to the rightful owners of all the works stolen in the Napoleonic period, so the Pinacoteca too had to give up some masterpieces, but continued to be enriched with works such as the famous Supper in Emmaus by Caravaggio, came here in 1926.

Masterpieces

• Gentile da Fabriano, Valle Romita Altarpiece, 1410-12
• Giovanni Bellini, Piety, 1465-70
• Francesco del Cossa, St. Peter, 1472-73
• Francesco del Cossa, St. John the Baptist, 1472-73
• Piero della Francesca, Montefeltro Altarpiece, 1474
• Andrea Mantegna, Christ died, 1480 approx.
• Raphael, Marriage of the Virgin, 1504
• Giovanni Bellini, Virgin and Child, 1510
• Bramantino, Crucifixion, 1510-12
• Agnolo Bronzino, Portrait of Andrea Doria in the guise of Neptune, 1550-55
• Titian, St. Jerome, 1555 approx.
• Tintoretto, Discovery of the body of St. Mark, 1562-66
• Caravaggio, Supper in Emmaus, 1606
• Peter Paul Rubens, The Last Supper, 1632 approx.
• Francesco Hayez, The kiss, 1859
• Silvestro Lega, The arbor, 1866
• Antonio Canova, Napoleon as Mars the peacemaker (copy)

The following options can be purchased in addition to the tickets in the booking Wizard on this website.

Reduced/Half Ticket:

• European Community citizens between 18 and 25 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)

Free Ticket (it is still required to pay the presale to skip the line) :

• EU and not EU citizens under 18 years old (valid identity document needed at the entrance)
• Temporary and permanent teachers of Italian public and private schools equipped with the appropriate documentation issued by MIUR
• Any handicapped person accompanied by the certificate of disability and the escort

1. The ticket is valid all day until closing time of the Gallery starting from entrance time.

2. The entrance time written on the tickets may be subject to small changes depending on the actual availability of the Gallery.

3. For a satisfying experience it is recommended to reserve at least 2 hours to visit the Gallery.

4. The tickets will be sent via email within 24-48 hours after purchase (on weekdays) with instructions on how to get there and what to do to enter.

5. We inform you that, once booked, the date and time selected are binding. Please pick up your ticket at least 15 minutes before the reserved entrance. Who does not respect the time booked will not enter. To pick up the audio guide, you need a valid ID.

6. The Gallery has a maximum capacity of people, in some periods of the year or special days you may experience short delays or waits not dependent on the Gallery or Italy Tickets.