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…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Place du Théâtre-Français au printemps (Place du Theatre-Francais, Spring) 1898 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 81.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Here Pissarro depicted that part of Paris near the Comedie Francaise, although the theatre building itself remains outside…
Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Rue Custine à Montmartre (Custine street near Montmartre) 1909–1910 Tempera on cardboard, 51 x 73 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Montmartre | Paris (France) | Rue Custine
(1942) Ludmila Mikhaylovna Savelyeva Filmography as Actress: I girasoli 1970 Director: Vittorio De Sica Starring: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni Born January 24 1942 Leningrad (USSR) now Saint Petersburg (Russia) Occupation Actress Dancer
(1901–1979) Filmography as Director: L’idiot 1946 Director: Georges Lampin Starring: Gérard Philipe, Edwige Feuillère Crime et châtiment 1956 Director: Georges Lampin Starring: Jean Gabin, Marina Vlady Born October 14 1901 Saint Petersburg (Russia) Died May 8 1979 Pau (France) Occupation Film director
(1918–2000) Filmography as Actress: Montparnasse 19 1958 Director: Jacques Becker Starring: Gérard Philipe, Anouk Aimée Zorba the Greek 1964 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates Torn Curtain 1966 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews …
Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein (View of Pirna from the Sonnenstein Castle) 1750s Oil on canvas, 136 × 237 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia 1763 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne (Judith with the Head of Holofernes) 1504 Oil on canvas, 144 cm x 68 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Giorgione‘s work largely determined the development of 16th-century Venetian painting. There are but…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Meule de foin à Giverny (Haystack at Giverny) 1886 Oil on canvas. 60.5 x 81.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Most of the second half of Monet‘s life was spent in and around Giverny, where the leader…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Asnières (The Seine at Asnieres) 1873 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 55.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Asnières-sur-Seine (France)