Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli between Milan and Europe

An international study day to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli (1822-1879), organised by the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in collaboration with the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and the Society for the History of Collecting, aims to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli (1822-1879) the creator of the museum of the same name. This conference intends to explore his biographical profile and reconstruct his personal and cultural connections within a European context.

The pioneering studies by A. Mottola Molfino (1989) and the research undertaken in 2011 on the occasion of the exhibition Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli. L'Uomo e il Collezionista del Risorgimento (L. Galli; F. Mazzocca) emphasised the role of the collector as a precursor of innovative museographic models in Italy. The time has come to examine his work in the light of the new research that has emerged in the last quarter century thanks to the development of studies on the history of collecting and the art market, particularly in Milan. In the same years in which Poldi Pezzoli put together his collection, Milan became the most important centre of the international art market, attracting scholars, merchants and travellers, including agents sent by the directors of the national museums of London, Berlin and Paris, who were in the process of building up their collections.

Scientific Committee: Silvia Davoli, Lavinia Galli and Alessandra Squizzato

Information and secretariat:

Access to the auditorium is permitted subject to availability. To attend the conference in person, you must register on Evenbrite.

To participate remotely: LIVE on the Poldi Pezzoli Museum You Tube Channel

Contacts

galli@museopoldipezzoli.org ? (add secretarial address available)

Add the DEFINITIVE programme here

La conferenza si terrà unicamente in lingua inglese, ma sarà possibile seguirla su YouTube dove si potranno inserire i sottotitoli in lingua italiana