Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Family Portrait 1621 Oil on canvas, 113.5 x 93.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In this, one of the most marvellous works by the famous Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, the compact composition creates an impression of…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Testa d’uomo (Head of a Man) 1480s Pen and brush on paper, 26.9 x 18.7 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Raffaello (1483-1520) Sacra Famiglia (Holy Family, Madonna with Beardless Joseph) 1506–1507 Tempera, oil on canvas (handed over from panel), 72.5 x 56.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Raphael painted this Holy Family during his stay in Florence, possibly for the ruler…
Nadar (1820-1910) Portrait de femme (Female Portrait) 1890s Photograph on paper, 33 x 19 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di vecchio (Portrait of an Old Man) early 1550s Oil on canvas, 93 x 72 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Extase poétique (Poetic Ecstasy) 1876 Drypoint on paper, 26.3 x 18.2 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Portrait d’une jeune femme (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1815 Pencil on paper, 28 x 20.7 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Jeune fille au piano, Ouverture de Tannhaüser (Girl at the Piano, The Overture to Tannhauser) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 57.8 x 92.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Cézanne painted this work at Jas de Bouffan, an estate near…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) La Dame en bleu (Lady in Blue) c.1900 Oil on canvas, 90 x 73.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Autoportrait à la casquette (Self-Portrait in a Casquette) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 53 x 39.7 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Painted in the early 1870s, at a time when Cézanne was closest of all to the Impressionists, this…