Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Un coin de jardin à Montgeron (Corner of the Garden at Montgeron) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 175 x 194 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Created at the very height of Impressionism by the leader of the movement,…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’étang à Montgeron (Pond at Montgeron) c.1876 Oil on canvas, 173 x 194 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is one of four decorative panels commissioned by the financier Ernest Hoschedé, amongst the first patrons of the…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Rouen (Seine at Rouen) 1872 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Rouen (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Femme assise dans le jardin (Woman Sitting in a Garden) 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also: • Argenteuil (France)
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont de Waterloo, effet de brouillard (Waterloo Bridge. Effect of Fog) 1903 Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 101 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is just one of a series of famous views of London created by…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Jeanne Samary en pied (Portrait of Jeanne Samary Standing) 1878 Oil on canvas, 174 x 105 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Jeanne Samary was an actress at the Comedie-Francaise. This portrait of her is perhaps…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard 1637 Oil on panel, 31 x 42 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Young Woman with Earrings 1657 Oil on panel, 39.5 x 32.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Sacrifice of Isaac 1635 Oil on canvas, 193 x 132 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of his faith (Genesis, 22: 1-13). Abraham set out to carry out the…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Return of the Prodigal Son c.1668 Oil on canvas, 262 x 205 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg At one moment in his youth Rembrandt depicted himself in one of his many self-portraits as a reveller and spoilt child of…