Pinacoteca Pasinetti

About

The Pinacoteca Pasinetti is housed in an elegant neoclassical building where you will also find the Library. This was originally the site of a church in the Sixteenth Century. Inside there are over one hundred works painted by Antonio Pasinetti (1863-1940) who was born in Montichiari. When still very young, he moved to Milan where he became a sought- after portrait painter. He became a friend of Italian artists of the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries, including Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo and Arturo Tosi. The exhibition itinerary goes from elegant portraits for the Milanese bourgeoisie of the Belle Epoque, to the landscapes painted in the freedom of en plein air experience. It continues with the sensitive matter of social painting, dealt by the artist with intimate intonation. The second floor is dedicated to the relationship between sketches and finished works as well as the history of the family portraits.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 30 minutes