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…

Visione di Sant’Agostino (c.1460)

Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Visione di Sant’Agostino (Vision of St Augustine) c.1460 Tempera on panel, 28 x 51.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Originally part of an altar, this work takes its subject from a description of the life of St Augustine,…

Bacchante (1911)

Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Bacchante 1911 Oil on canvas pasted on cardboard, 32.7 x 41 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Artémis (c.1908)

Laurencin, Marie (1883-1956) Artémis (Artemis) c.1908 Oil on canvas pasted on cardboard, 35.5 x 27 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg