Caiati Old Masters
Caiati Old Masters was founded in 1991 by Roberto Caiati, continuing a family tradition in the art world that began in 1950, when Lino Caiati established his gallery in Via della Spiga, in the heart of Milan.
Today, the gallery offers a carefully selected collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures, ranging from the late Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Its selection is guided by four principles: aesthetic quality, emotional appeal, historical importance and condition.
Located in Via Santa Marta, in Milan's historic Cinque Vie district, Caiati Old Masters provides an intimate setting for collectors, scholars and museum curators from around the world.
The gallery regularly participates in major art fairs in Italy and abroad and has promoted scholarly research through numerous publications, from the 1998 monograph on Giuseppe Bernardino Bison to more recent studies devoted to The Philosopher, a newly discovered preparatory drawing for Andreas Vesalius's celebrated De Humani Corporis Fabrica, published in Basel in 1543.
The gallery has also been responsible for the rediscovery and placement of important works in major public collections. In 2023, Caiati Old Masters sold to the Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence a rare unfinished male nude by Francesco Hayez. In 2025, the Musei Vaticani acquired from the gallery Prospero Mallerini's trompe-l'œil depicting a crucifix, possibly identifiable with the celebrated Duquesnoy-Barberini Crucifix.”
Caiati Old Masters is now run by Roberto Caiati and his son Mattia, representing the third generation of the family in the art trade. Through longstanding relationships with collectors, scholars, museums, leading art dealers and auction houses worldwide, the gallery offers its clients access to exceptional works of art on the international market.
