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.…
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…
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