Accademia Carrara di Bergamo Pinacoteca

The Accademia Carrara is the only Italian museum made up of bequests from important private collectors. It was established in Bergamo in 1794, as a combined Pinacoteca and School of Painting, at the initiative of the Bergamo aristocrat Giacomo Carrara (1714–1796), who began the construction of the building to house his rich collection of paintings. Count Carrara also made ...