Brueghel. Lo spirito del collezionismo Opens at Brun Fine Art in Milan

Key facts

• Brueghel. Lo spirito del collezionismo runs from 22 September to 19 December 2026 at Brun Fine Art, Via Gesù 17, Milan
• The exhibition is a collaboration between Brun Fine Art and De Jonckheere, a Brussels gallery specializing in Flemish paintings from the 15th to the 17th century
• The painting section includes Jan Brueghel the Elder, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Pieter Brueghel III, plus David Teniers the Younger and Jan van Kessel the Younger
• Featured works include Jan Brueghel the Elder's Lot and his Daughters before Sodom and Gomorrah in Flames, a series of three roundels of the Seasons, and Pieter Brueghel the Younger's Wedding Dance Outside, signed and dated 1612
• Decorative and sculptural works include a Roman-era marble satyr head, Giuseppe Maria Mazza's Bacco, a pair of Chinese pagodas by Giovanni Bonazza, a terracotta bust from Lorenzo Sarti's Seasons, amber mirrors, Della Robbia terracottas, pietre dure panels by Giovanni and Cosimo Castrucci, and Valentino Panciera Besarel's Tritone
• The show does not reconstruct a historical Wunderkammer but recovers its founding principle of juxtaposing works of different periods, materials and functions
• A catalogue accompanies the exhibition, with two introductory essays by Carlotta Striolo and Enrico Colle and critical entries by specialists
• The exhibition follows Palazzo Reale in Milan in focusing on the Brueghel dynasty during a season of strong attention to the Flemish family in the city