Exhibition

Ritratto di famiglia. I Bisi, una dinastia di artisti nella Lombardia romantica tra Manzoni, Hayez e la principessa Belgiojoso

20 September – 8 December 2025

The exhibition celebrates, starting from the frequentation of Giovanni Battista Sommariva and Villa Carlotta, one of the most established families of artists of Romantic Lombardy who in the years of the restoration and in those following the national unity profoundly innovated landscape painting, perspective views and portraits. Through a selection of works on loan from important museums and private collections, the exhibition delves into the production and events of this formidable dynasty that was able to establish friendships with some illustrious personalities of the Milanese society, from Alessandro Manzoni to Princess Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso, from Massimo d'Azeglio to Francesco Hayez.

Edited by Maria Cristina Brunati, Maria Angela Previtera and Sergio Rebora

with the scientific coordination of Alberto Corvi