The Palazzo Brentani is a monumental
Neoclassical palace, located on Via Manzoni #6, in the centre of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, region of Lombardy, Italy. Both this palace and the adjacent
Palazzo Anguissola
The Palazzo Anguissola or Anguissola Traversi is a palace located at Via Manzoni number 10, in central Milan, a city in the northern Italy. Construction began in 1778, and its Neoclassical facade, designed by Luigi Canonica, was added in 1829. have sober academic facades, designed by
Luigi Canonica
(Cristoforo Maria) Luigi Canonica (Tesserete, Canton Ticino, 9 March 1762 – Milan, 7 February 1844) was a Swiss architect and urban planner whose prominent career as an exponent of neoclassicism was spent largely in Milan and Lombardy. He was th ...
in 1829.
[Attilia Lanza, ''Milano e i suoi palazzi, Vol 2: Porta Vercellina, Comasina e Nuova'', Libreria Meravigli Editrice, Milan, 1993, pg. 149-150. ]
History
The building's rather straightforward appearance is the result of Canonica's restructuring in 1829 when he added a facade divided into three bands by
cornices. Between the first and second floors, the building is decorated with
medallions of distinguished Italian figures including
Alessandro Volta,
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...
,
Canova
Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the cl ...
,
Pietro Verri
Count Pietro Verri (12 December 1728 – 28 June 1797) was an economist, historian, philosopher and writer. Among the most important personalities of the 18th-century Italian culture, he is considered among the fathers of the Lombard reformist E ...
,
Cesare Beccaria, and
Giuseppe Parini
Giuseppe Parini (23 May 1729 – 15 August 1799) was an Italian enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.
Biography
Parini (originally spelled Parino) was born in Bosisio (later renamed Bosisio Parini in his honour) in Brianza ...
.
[Guida d'Italia - Milano, Touring Club Italiano, 1998, p. 282. ]Gallerie d'Italia
. The door is surmounted by a balcony for viewing street processions.
On 4 August 1848, the residence was the scene of the attempted assassination of Charles Albert
Charles Albert (; 2 October 1798 – 28 July 1849) was the King of Sardinia from 27 April 1831 until 23 March 1849. His name is bound up with the first Italian constitution, the Albertine Statute, and with the First Italian War of Independenc ...
, king of Sardinia. Standing on the balcony while trying to appease a crowd protesting an imminent armistice with the Austrian army, he was just missed by a rifle shot.[
Today, following renovation by Giuseppe De Finetti in 1935, the palace and the adjacent Palazzo Anguissola is home to the Gallerie di Piazza Scala.][
]
Gallery
File:8809 Milano - Via Manzoni - Palazzo Brentani - Volta - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 14-Apr-2007.jpg, Alessandro Volta
File:8810 Milano - Via Manzoni - Palazzo Brentani - Pietro Verri - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 14-Apr-2007.jpg, Pietro Verri
Count Pietro Verri (12 December 1728 – 28 June 1797) was an economist, historian, philosopher and writer. Among the most important personalities of the 18th-century Italian culture, he is considered among the fathers of the Lombard reformist E ...
File:8814 Milano - Via Manzoni - Palazzo Brentani - Cesare Beccaria - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 14-Apr-2007.jpg, Cesare Beccaria
File:8814 Milano - Via Manzoni - Palazzo Brentani - Leonardo d Vinci - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 14-Apr-2007.jpg, Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...
File:8815 Milano - Via Manzoni - Palazzo Brentani - Antonio Canova - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 14-Apr-2007.jpg, Antonio Canova
File:8815 Milano - Via Manzoni - Palazzo Brentani - Giuseppe Parini - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 14-Apr-2007.jpg, Giuseppe Parini
Giuseppe Parini (23 May 1729 – 15 August 1799) was an Italian enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.
Biography
Parini (originally spelled Parino) was born in Bosisio (later renamed Bosisio Parini in his honour) in Brianza ...
See also
*Neoclassical architecture in Milan
Neoclassical architecture in Milan encompasses the main artistic movement from about 1750 to 1850 in this northern Italian city. From the final years of the reign of Maria Theresa of Austria, through the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy and the Europe ...
References
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Palaces in Milan
History of Milan
Neoclassical architecture in Milan
Gallerie di Piazza Scala
Intesa Sanpaolo buildings and structures
Tourist attractions in Milan