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…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Glove c.1640 Oil on canvas, 80 x 66.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg The Hermitage’s Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Glove is marked by a rapid spontaneous manner of…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (Drunks, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1778 Etching, drypoint, 39.5 x 46.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Inscription: “Pintura de Don Diego Velázquez con figuras del tamaño natural en el…
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Bord de rivière (River Bank) 1866 Oil on panel, 26.5 x 46 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Daubigny was perhaps one of the most important artists of the Barbizon School, which took its name from the village of…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Allegorical Family Portrait early 1650s Oil on canvas, 178.4 x 152.3 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This group portrait is an allegorical depiction of a scene of betrothal or marriage. That is confirmed by the inclusion in the…