Milan: Treasures of the Brera Gallery
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50m
The Pinacoteca di Brera is Milan's most important painting museum, housing masterpieces by Caravaggio, Raphael, Piero Della Francesca, Tintoretto, and Andrea Mantegna. Join Dr. Rocky Ruggiero in this video lecture as he explores this extraordinary collection of Italian Renaissance paintings.
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