The Cerruti Collection is the result of the intuitive passion of Francesco Federico Cerruti, pioneering entrepreneur and solitary collector who, from the late 1960s until 2014, discreetly assembled an extraordinary corpus of around one thousand works, ranging from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period.

In the house-museum are gold-ground panels and sacred paintings by masters such as Bernardo Daddi, Agnolo Gaddi, Sassetta, Starnina, and Ambrogio Bergognone, alongside Renaissance works by Jacopo del Sellaio, Pontormo, and Dosso Dossi. The collection continues through the 17th and 18th centuries with paintings by Guercino, Jusepe de Ribera, and Pompeo Batoni, and into the 19th and early 20th centuries with works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Amedeo Modigliani, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Felice Casorati, Giorgio de Chirico, and Giorgio Morandi. The avant-garde is represented by Paul Klee, Giacomo Balla, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Vasilij Kandinsky, and Pablo Picasso, while the second half of the 20th century includes artists such as Alberto Burri, Lucio Fontana, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, and Giulio Paolini.

The Collection extends beyond painting, including sculptures, rare furniture, precious carpets, and an exceptional library of incunabula, illuminated manuscripts, and fine bindings – reflecting the taste and vision of an extraordinary collector.

Today, the Collection is owned by the Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti per l’Arte ETS, which oversees its preservation and legacy, and makes it accessible to the public through exhibitions, conferences, and publications – transforming a private treasure into a shared cultural heritage.