The Section re-proposes an allusive arrangement of the ‘Portrait Gallery’, an evocative exhibition method that has been established and consolidated over time.
From the conspicuous collection of portraits in the civic collections, a number of paintings have been chosen for their intrinsic quality and for the historical importance of the depicted person, in particular for his or her connection to the city’s history.
In chronological order, starting from the 16th century, princes, prelates, high officials, young women, poets, men of letters and famous captains of industry are portrayed, authors of a fundamental contribution to the economic and social wealth of Monza.
Particular attention has been paid to the portraits and self-portraits of painters who, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, gave life to a local painting tradition, from which the support of the new generation of Monza artists to the artistic renewal operating in the first decades of the 20th century subsequently took its lead.
01: Pompeo Mariani, Self-Portrait As an Old Man. Oil and tempera on cardboard, 1912
02: Michiel van Miereveldt, Portrait of Prince Maurice D’Orange. Oil on panel, 1620-1625
03: Pittore lombardo, Portrait of Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini. Oil on canvas, 1778
04: Francesco Hayez, Portrait of Young Woman. Oil on canvas, 1825-1835
05: Anselmo Bucci, Self-Portrait. Oil on canvas, 1931