BestPrivateTours.com - Milan Museums Tour-Last Supper + Brera Museum

OVERVIEW

Milan is home to one of western civilization’s most important artworks: Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. Its Brera Museum boasts the finest art collection in the region of Lombardy. This collection is especially noted for its fine selection of Renaissance paintings.

You’ll enjoy guided visits to see the Last Supper and the works of the Brera Museum with a private, local guide who’ll reveal the importance and symbolism found in da Vinci’s masterpiece and explain the Brera’s history and its works.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Your guided visit begins at the 15th century convent of Santa Maria della Grazie whose refectory houses Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Last Supper. One of the most well-known artworks in the world, it is important for its subject which depicts a specific moment in time; for its use of perspective and for the very human emotions portrayed in the disciples reactions.

Next, your guide escorts you to the Pinacoteca di Brera; Milan’s School of Fine Arts and site of Milan’s finest art collection. Originating as a collection for the students, it grew in size and breadth to include major works by Italian artists from the 13th to 20th centuries. Here you’ll find works by Renaissance masters such as Raphael, Mantegna and Tintoretto.

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