Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Pompiers ruraux (Rural Firefighters) 1857 Oil on canvas, 179 x 228 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Pompiers ruraux (1857)
La Déposition de la croix (1627-1628)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Déposition de la croix (The Descent from the Cross) 1627–1628 Oil on canvas, 120 x 98 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Nicolas Poussin was the leading exponent of the French Classicism of the first half of the…
Brazilian Landscape (1650s)
Post, Frans (1612-1680) Brazilian Landscape 1650s Oil on panel, 48 x 61 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Brasil
Ritratto di giovane (c.1500)
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1500 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 25.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Portrait de femme (1890s)
Nadar (1820-1910) Portrait de femme (Female Portrait) 1890s Photograph on paper, 33 x 19 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Sagrada Familia (c.1665)
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) c.1665 Oil on wood panel, 24 x 18 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Paysannes aux broussailles (c.1852)
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Paysannes aux broussailles (Peasant Women with Brushwood) c.1852 Oil on canvas, 37.5 x 29.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Millet devoted his talent to the depiction of scenes from peasant life, and this is a typical example of his…
Ragazzo accovacciato (c.1530-1534)
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Ragazzo accovacciato (Crouching Boy) c.1530–1534 Marble, height: 54 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg The Renaissance genius Michelangelo was an outstanding architect and poet, as well as the creator of the celebrated frescoes in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. But his…
L’Angelo dell’Annunciazione (c.1330)
Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) L’Angelo dell’Annunciazione (The Angel of the Annunciation) c.1330 Tempera on poplar panel, 29.5 x 20.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This small, rich panel was originally the left side of a diptych, which, along with a right-hand panel…
Madonna dell’Annunciazione (1340-1344)
Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) Madonna dell’Annunciazione (Madonna from the Annunciation Scene) 1340–1344 Tempera on poplar panel, 30.5 x 21.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This painting was once the right-hand wing of a folding diptych showing the Annunciation. The left wing, with…