Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1560s Oil on canvas, 119 x 97 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian turned to the subject of the repentant Mary Magdalene on several occasions, but this version he kept for himself in his…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria) 1547–1548 Oil on canvas, 145.5 × 205 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina c.1547–1550 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1558–1563 Oil on canvas, 63 x 50.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino (Holy Family with St John the Baptist) c.1529 Oil on panel, 129 x 100 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A painting on the subject of the Holy Family with St John the…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna col Bambino e i Santi Caterina, Elisabetta e Giovanni Battista (The Virgin and Child with St Catherine, St Elizabeth and St John the Baptist) 1513 Oil on canvas, 102 x 80 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ritratto di dama (Portrait of a Lady) 1520–1524 Oil on canvas, 103 × 87.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A sensual version of Raphaelesque grace was produced by Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio, a painter who worked in Parma.…
(1799–1837) Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Александр Сергеевич Пушкин Works: • Aatelisrosvo Dubrovskij (Finnish) • Boris Godunov (English) • Eugene Oneguine (English) • Kapteenin tytär (Finnish) • Красавице, которая нюхала табак (Russian) • La fille du capitaine (French) • Laukaus y.m. kertomuksia…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) c.1604 Oil on canvas, diameter 82.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Bacchus 1638–1640 Oil on canvas, 191 x 161.3 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Bacchanalia was a favourite theme in Rubens‘s work, although Bacchus himself was rarely the subject of his paintings. He saw the subject as reflecting…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Suonatore di liuto (Lute-Player) 1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 119 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is an early work by Caravaggio, who sought above all to convey the reality and solidity of the surrounding world. We can…