Interior of Pinacoteca di Brera

In some of the countries it is still not allowed to visit museums, while in others it is, but in a limited way. To all museum lovers missing museums, we have a special painting for you today that presents the interior of Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan! (Dear Pinacoteca di Brera, thank you for sharing this painting with us!)

The Accademia was separated from the gallery in 1882 to distinguish its function as a museum from its teaching duties, yet it continued to look much as it had in 1809 throughout most of the 19th century. Paintings crowd together on several levels and standard frames replace the originals. Despite the artist’s rapid brush strokes, we can identify many of the works, some of them now on permanent loan. Note the sophisticated, elite audience the museum sought to attract.

P.S. Here's another painting showing an interior with art. It shows a truly spectacular assembly of artworks. Would you be surprised or excited to learn that it was once somebody’s real art collection?