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…
Arcole in Art: Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole late 1796-early 1797 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Cities | Italia
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La fucina di Vulcano (Vulcan’s Forge) c.1660 Oil on canvas, 192.5 x 151.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This early work by Luca Giordano manages to combine a mythological theme with a treatment worthy of a genre painting.…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Ricevimento dell’Ambasciatore francese a Venezia (Reception of the French Ambassador in Venice) 1726–1727 Oil on canvas, 181 x 259.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In the 18th century the Venetian school of painting flourished brightly, but for the last…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Cosimo I de’ Medici (Portrait of Cosimo I de’ Medici) 1537 Oil on canvas (handed over from wood panel), 117.5 x 87.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg You are looking now at work by an outstanding Mannerist…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Tritoni con delfini (Tritons with Dolphins) c.1653 Terracotta, height 46 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna col Bambino e quattro angeli (Madonna and Child with Four Аngels) early 1420s Tempera on poplar panel, 81 x 51 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This type of Madonna was widespread in Florence in the late 14th…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Allegoria della Chiesa cristiana (Allegory of the Christian Church) early 1600s Oil on canvas, 131 x 115 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg