The artistic properties owned by the Ospedale Maggiore are more than 2,800, including paintings, sculptures and objects of various types, dating from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, as well as historic buildings and use of various kinds.
Cornerstone of the collections is the famous Picture Gallery, which contains portraits of the benefactors that by their generosity supported the hospital. These paintings commissioned by the institution without interruption from 1602 to today (there are over 920 paintings), whose authors are artists working in the Lombardy, among which, to name a few, Salomon Adler, Giacomo Ceruti said “the Pitocchetto£ Anton Francesco Biondi, Francesco Hayez, Giuseppe Molteni, Giuseppe Bertini, Domenico and gerolamo Induno, Giovanni Segantini, Emilio Longoni, Gaetano Previati, Angelo Morbelli, Francesco Casorati, Mario Sironi, Massimo Campigli, Carlo Carra, Emilio Tadini. In addition to the priceless artistic importance, the Picture Gallery is imposed by the complexity of its perspectives: historical, anthropological and social. Of great importance are also the series of portraits of presidents and prominent doctors who worked for the hospital.

The Alessandro Bonvicino known as "Il moretto", St. Ursula and Companions,, 1536-1554	Felice Casorati, portrait Carlo Sacco and Carolina Cerutti, 1927-1928

The cultural heritage also includes collections of paintings, sculptures and art objects come from the assets of the hospital with the legacies of the benefactors, and artists such as Camillo Rapetti and Achille Alberti. The most notable is the Litta collection, which includes the masterpiece of Vincenzo Vela “The Morning Prayer”, on display at the Museum of Milan (Via S. Andrea 6), and the important nucleus of ancient paintings on display at the Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco in Milan, including the works of emerging Alessandro Bonvicino said “Moretto”. Last but not least, we must recall the precious Banner designed by Gio Ponti in 1935, a medal collection of 186 pieces, furniture and various items of furniture.
Noteworthy is also the system of historic buildings belonging to the hospital, mainly consisting of old houses of worship as well as by many farms (from which a series of 33 bronze bells), located in Milan and in Lombardy countryside. The churches and the speakers can boast works by artists such as Francesco Barbieri da Cento known as “il Guercino” or Giovan Battista Trotti said “il Malosso" and countless objects and vestments. An interesting selection of works is on display at the museum of the Abbey of Morimondo..

Abbey Mirasole Capital	Gold Medal of the Emperor Ferdinand I to Ospedale Maggiore in Milan

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