Applied Arts Collection

Civiche Raccolte d'Arte Applicata di Milano

The Sforza Castle
Location Piazza Castello 3, 20121, Milan, Italy
Director Claudio Salsi
Website http://www.milanocastello.it/ing/home.html

The Applied Arts Collection of Milan (Raccolte d’Arte Applicata di Milano in Italian) are sited in the Sforza Castle museum complex under the management of the municipality of the city. The museum is divided into several section with particular attention for the jewelries, ivories, pottery and art glass sections.

The ceramic collection consist in a substantial nucleus of medieval, renaissance and baroque pottery, a maiolica group with important pieces of high quality maiolica produced from 17th century in Lodi and Milan, and a collection of European chinaware and earthenware.

Among the collections of artistic glass stands Cup Gonzagna, made of crystal clear glass and decorated with a pattern of small golden flowers and the Gonzaga coat of arm with a quadripartite black eagle on a white background.

In the Sala Della Balla are also exposed the Arazzi Trivulzio, a series of twelve tapestries representing the different months of the years and designed based on Bramantino's drawings.

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