This is the first scientific catalogue of the Borromeo collection, and has been published for the exhibition at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan: part of a series of exhibitions entitled Capolavori da scoprire, promoted and organised by Telecom Progetto Italia. At its second edition, this initiative gives the public an opportunity to admire extraordinary artworks, gathered and safeguarded over generations thanks to the tradition and passion of noble Italian families for both collecting and art. Following the exhibitions held in Rome during 2005 and in June 2006, at the Colonna, Doria Pamphilj, Pallavicini and Odescalchi Palaces, exhibiting many hitherto unseen works by Vanvitelli, Lippi, Botticelli, Rubens and Caravaggio, Capolavori da scoprire now moves to Milan and to the historical museum-residence of the Poldi Pezzoli family, exhibiting evocatively beautiful works by well-known artists, many of them from the circles of Leonardo da Vinci.
The catalogue illustrates a selection of some of the most important masterpieces from the collection, mostly taken from the collection that Giovanni Battista Monti, the administrator of casa Borromeo, had completed by 1830. Paintings, sculptures and autograph letters, especially from fifteenth century and Renaissance Lombardy (Vincenzo Foppa, Bernardino Butinone, Ambrogio da Fossano better known as Bergognone, Bartolomeo Suardi better known as Bramantino, Bernardino Luini and Giovan Pietro Rizzoli better known as Giampietrino), but not only (Roger van der Weyden and Bernardino di Betto better known as Pinturicchio).
Artists' autograph manuscripts purchased by Giberto VI Borromeo are also exhibited; these document the discovery in modern times of pre-Raphaelesque painting and the regional schools. Among the most significant pieces, alongside the Vergine Annunciata and Angelo Annunciante by Vincenzo Foppa, we should mention the painting that is the icon of this exhibition: la Sofonisba by Giampietrino.
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