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
Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (c.1604)
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Bacchus (1638-1640)
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…
Suonatore di liuto (1595-1596)
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…
Place du Théâtre-Français au printemps (1898)
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…
Rue Custine à Montmartre (1909-1910)
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
Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein (1750s)
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…
Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne (1504)
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…
Meule de foin à Giverny (1886)
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…
La Seine à Asnières (1873)
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)
Les prairies à Giverny (1888)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les prairies à Giverny (Meadows at Giverny) 1888 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 81.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Monet first moved to Giverny in 1883, and was to spent the whole of the second of his…