Il nucleo originario della “Achille Bertarelli” Print Collection of Milan is constituted by the initial donation of 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 helped make this collection unique in the Italian and international cultural scene.
The “Achille Bertarelli” Print Collection – now consisting of about 1,000,000 prints and a specialized library holding 23,000 volumes and over 600 periodical titles – boasts numerous specimens of the highest quality: from the oldest fifteenth-century woodcuts to plates by contemporary masters.
The main body 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, geographical maps, toy soldiers and games, as well as countless “small prints”: ex libris, business cards, advertisements, menus, cards, calendars, invitations, postcards, and all those “minor” documents that are worth preserving because they are precious aids in historical and cultural research.
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