THE EXHIBITION SECTOR
Works from the Diocese
The artworks brought from the Diocese are set along the Museum tour, in three sections that go from the ground floor to the second floor in chronological order, including some significant paintings and sculptures for the history of Lombard art from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century. All the works of art in this section come from various parishes in the Diocese of Milan, an area that covers the territories that currently correspond to the Provinces of Milan, Varese and Lecco, as well as part of the Province of Como. Here the visitor can see works by Anovelo da Imbonate, Michelino da Besozzo, Ambrogio da Fossano called “il Borgognone”, Marco d’Oggiono, Bernardino Campi, Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Giuseppe Vermiglio, Stefano Maria Legnani called “il Legnanino”, Pietro Antonio Magatti, Alessandro Magnasco, to name but some of the major artists. The restoration and valorization of the artworks loaned by the parishes is an integral aspect of their correct preservation, and the Diocesan Museum has undertaken to store those works that are not tied to their place of origin by a specific historical-artistic context, or which are no longer the object of local worship.


Lombard painter
early 14th century
Enthroned Madonna with St Domenic and another Saint
Maestro campionese
14th century
Crucified Christ, Madonna and St John, St Andrew (?)
Anovelo da Imbonate
active in Lombardy from the late 14th to the early 15th century secolo
Crucifixion
Intagliatore lombardo
late 14th - early 15th century
Crucifix
Michelino da Besozzo and studio
Besozzo (Varese) , documented from 1388 ca. to 1450
The Magi cortège

Rolando Botta
active in Lombardy in the second half of the 15th century
St Mary Magdalene
Rolando Botta
active in Lombardy in the second half of the 15th century
St Agnes
Rolando Botta
active in Lombardy in the second half of the 15th century
St Barbara
Simone Peterzano
Bergamo, 1540 circa - documented until 1596
Annunciation
Lombard carver
late 15th - early 16th century
Madonna with Child

Tommaso Rodari (attributed)
active from 1484 - 1526
Madonna with Child
Lombard studios
15th - 16th century
Reliquary
Botteghe lombarde
15th - 16th century
Reliquary
Marco d'Oggiono
Milan ?, 1465 ca. - Milan, 1524
Enthroned Madonna with Child and Saints
Bernardino Campi
Cremona, 1522 - Reggio Emilia, 1591
Decapitation of St John the Baptist

Bergognone (Ambrogio da Fossano)
Milan, 1453 ca. - Milan, 1523
St Catherine of Alexandria, St Agnes, St Cecilia and donors
Bergognone (Ambrogio da Fossano)
Milan, 1453 ca. - Milan, 1523
St Francis of Assisi receives the stigmata
Ambrogio da Olginate scrivener (documented 1507-1510); Maestro B. F. miniaturist (documented 1497 - 1547)
Hymnal with entrances and antiphonies for all the Sundays and festivities of the Ambrosian rite
Ambrogio da Olginate scrivener (documented 1507- 1510); Maestro B. F. miniaturist (documented 1497 - 1547)
Hymnal with entrances and antiphonies for all the Saints days of the year in the Ambrosian rite
Marco d'Oggiono
Milan ? ?, 1465 ca. - Milan, 1524
Our Lady of the Assumption, St John the Baptist, St Stephen

Giampietrino (Giovan Pietro Rizzoli)
Milan, documented 1495-1549
Christ bearing the Cross
Chiaveghino (Andrea Mainardi)
Cremona, 1550 ca. - active until 1613
Madonna of the Rosary, with Child and Angels
Cerano (Giovan Battista Crespi) group
1625-75
Christ on the Cross
Zoppo da Lugano (Giovan Battista Discepoli) (attributed)
Castagnola (Canton Ticino), 1590 ca. - Lugano, 1654
St Carlo at Varallo
Giuseppe Vermiglio
Milan ?, 1587 - active until 1635
St Monica

Francesco Cairo ?
Milan ?, 1607 - Milan, 1665
Prayer in the garden
Melchiorre Gherardini (attributed)
Milan, 1607 - Milan, 1668
St Ludovic against the Turks
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Bologna, 1574 - Milan, 1625
Pietà
Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
Milan, 1609 - Milan, 1661/62
Martyrdom of Saints Vitus and Modestus
Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
Milan, 1609 - Milan, 1662
Madonna with Child

Moncalvo (Guglielmo Caccia)
Montabone (Asti), 1568 - Moncalvo (Asti), 1625
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
Malosso (Giovan Battista Trotti)
Cremona, 1555/56 - Parma, 1619
Deposition
Melchiorre Gherardini
Milan, 1607 - Milan, 1668
The Flight to Egypt
Luigi Reali
documented from 1637 to 1660
St John the Evangelist
Luigi Reali
documented from 1637 to 1660
St Paul

Luigi Reali
documented from 1637 to 1660
St Peter
Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
Milan, 1609 - Milan, 1661/2
Holy Family with St Anne
Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
Milan, 1609 - Milan, 1661/2
St Clare
Vimercati (Carlo Donelli)
Milan, 1661 - Milan, 1715
Miracle of the Crucifix
Alessandro Magnasco
Genova, 1667 - Genoa, 1749
The sacrilegious theft

Legnanino (Stefano Maria Legnani)
Milan, 1661 - Milan, 1713
St Joseph and Child
Pietro Antonio Magatti
Varese, 1691 - Varese, 1767
Immaculate Mary
Pietro Antonio Magatti
Varese, 1691 - Varese, 1767
Saints Apollonia, Agatha and Lucy
Pietro Antonio Magatti
Varese, 1691 - Varese, 1767
Jesus praying in the Garden of Olives
Francesco Hayez
Venice, 1791 - Milan, 1882
Crucifix with kneeling Mary Magdalene weeping