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Visit to the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did Barons Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi dedicate themselves to the refurbishing of their family home in Milan?

a)

at the end of the 19th century

b)

at the beginning of the 19th century

c)

in the middle of the 19th century

d)

at the beginning of the 20th century

2.

The two brothers installed in their home...

a)

bathroom addition

b)

central heating

c)

in-ground swimming pools

d)

hot and cold running water and electricity

3.

After the death of Fausto and Giuseppe, the family continued to live in the mansion until

a)

1947

b)

1905

c)

1974

d)

1899

4.

The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum opened to the public

a)

in 1933

b)

in 1965

c)

in 2007

d)

in 1994

5.

Which room is furnished with built-in wooden cabinets and with pictorial decoration, realized in 1887 by Luigi Cavenaghi, inspired by the 16th century frescoes by Bergognone in the chapter house room of Santa Maria della Passione in Milan?

a)

Exhibition Room

b)

Library

c)

Green Room

d)

Bevilacqua Room

6.

The ivory collection of the Bagatti Valsecchi brothers is a compact nucleus of objects attributed to the Embriachi, a workshop that dominated the bone and ivory objects produced

a)

from the 14th to the 15th centuries

b)

from the 16th to the 17th centuries

c)

from the 12th to the 14th centuries

7.

The Albarello in maiolica, in the nucleus of the Bagatti Valsecchi ceramic collection, was realized by Antonio Patanazzi in

a)

Faenza

b)

Venice

c)

Urbino

d)

Pesaro

8.

The Bishop's seat, fundamental piece of the Furnishings collection, is in the

a)

Bevilacqua Room

b)

Valtellinese Bedroom

c)

Red Room

d)

Atrium

9.

A vestibule leads to the Room of the Fresco, which derives its name from a 1495 work by Antonio Boselli, a painter from the area around

a)

Milan

b)

Rome

c)

Bergamo

d)

Venice

10.

The sumptuous domestic set up of the rooms flanks great artists’ works, of which the most notable is without a doubt a painting by Giovanni Bellini which depicts

a)

St. Francis

b)

St. John the Baptist

c)

Madonna and Christ Child

d)

St. Justine