“A museum is a place where you should lose your head” (Renzo Piano)
How could one not lose his or her mind upon visiting the Tosio Martinengo gallery? This beautiful collection gallery has been enriched over time and mainly consists of works that were donated to the city by Count Paolo Tosio and Count Leopardo Martinengo da Barco. Later other benefactors bequeathed works in their possession to the Gallery so that it could enlarge its original nucleus. Count Paolo Tosio died without heirs and decided to leave his collection of artistic works and precious artefacts to the municipality of Brescia. All the collection is housed in the newly restored former residence of Count Leopardo da Barco and boasts masterpieces by Raffaello Sanzio, Vincenzo Foppa, Gerolamo Savoldo, Romanino, Moretto, Giacomo Ceruti, Thorvalsen, Antonio Canova and Francesco Hayez.