Pinacoteca di Brera's masterpieces in ultra-high definition, from Hayez's Kiss to Correggio's Adoration

The most important masterpieces of the Pinacoteca di Brera in very high definition: the museum with Haltadefinizione have made it possible to admire, among others, works such as Raphael’s The Marriage of the Virgin, Hayez ’s The Kiss, and Correggio’sAdoration of the Magi, from a close-up view. A special section of the museum’s website is dedicated precisely to this new feature, accessible to all.

An initiative that ensures “virtual” access to the works and provides innovative tools for distance education activities in schools.

“At this time when no one can enjoy Raphael’s masterpiece in person, making it accessible in high resolution, allowing everyone to explore it, is a ’perfect expression of the power of art and the values of the Pinacoteca,” said the director of the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Braidense National Library, James Bradburne.

Through the multimedia viewers, it is possible to enter the paintings to dwell on what sometimes the gaze alone fails to appreciate. The very high resolution of the images allows a totally new approach to the paintings: it is possible to detect the smallest details, perceive technical aspects, the subtleties of pigments, the traces of drawing.

The initiative was realized thanks to the support of Haltadefinizione, a tech-company specializing in the digitization of cultural heritage and in promotion and dissemination activities, which provided its Image Bank in ultra-high definition along with the digital platform for content distribution.

“Ultra-high-definition (or Gigapixel) images,” said Luca Ponzio, founder of Haltadefinizione, “are an extraordinary opportunity to foster a digital and immersive approach to museum collections. Exploring the image of a work of art online, in real time and with the possibility of up to 40x magnification, opens up exciting new creative opportunities for both enhancement and preservation and study. How does the process of creating a Gigapixel photograph work? Special machines take hundreds, sometimes thousands, of macro photographs of the details of a work and then put them together, like a mosaic, to compose one large image.”

Image: Francesco Hayez, The Kiss (1859; oil on canvas, 112 x 88 cm; Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera)

Pinacoteca di Brera's masterpieces in ultra-high definition, from Hayez's Kiss to Correggio's Adoration

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