Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Conestabile (Conestabile Madonna) c.1504 Tempera on canvas (handed over from panel), 17.5 x 18 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Raphael entered the history of Italian art as the “genius of harmony”. The ideals of the High Renaissance were…
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-1898) Femme sur la plage (Woman on the Beach) 1887 Oil on paper on canvas, 75.3 x 74.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
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…
Post, Frans (1612-1680) Brazilian Landscape 1650s Oil on panel, 48 x 61 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Brasil
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Cristo conduce gli Apostoli sul monte Tabor (Christ Leading the Apostles to Mount Tabor) 1511–1512 Oil on canvas, 26.5 x 57.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di famiglia (Family Portrait) 1523–1524 Oil on canvas, 96 x 116 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto con Santa Giustina (Rest on the Flight into Egypt with St Justine) 1529–1530 Oil on canvas, 82 x 132.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg The story of Saint Justine is full of puzzles…
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,…
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta dell’Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore (View of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore) 1765–1775 Oil on canvas, 43 x 61 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Master of the townscape -known as vedute in Italian- Guardi painted many…
Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole (Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole) late 1796-early 1797 Oil on canvas, 134 x 104 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This painting, combining a battle scene with a formal portrait, was based on the artist’s personal…