Il nucleo originario della Achille Bertarelli Print Collection of Milan is made up of the initial donation from the collector Achille Bertarelli (1925).
However, its current size is due not only to direct acquisitions but also to the generosity of a large number of donors who have contributed to making this collection unique in the Italian and international cultural landscape.
The Achille Bertarelli Print Collection – today consisting of about 1,000,000 prints and a specialized library housing 23,000 volumes and over 600 periodical titles – boasts numerous extremely high-quality specimens: from the oldest 15th-century woodcuts to plates by contemporary masters.
The main collection of the institute consists of iconographic testimonies of the most varied manifestations of human life.
There are representations of historical and news events, portraits, costumes, popular figures, views of cities and monuments, maps, toy soldiers and games, as well as countless “small prints”: ex libris, business cards, advertisements, menus, membership cards, calendars, invitations, postcards, and all those “minor” documents that are important to preserve because they are valuable aids in historical and cultural research.
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