Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Mary Magdalene 1854 Oil on paper on panel, 31 × 35 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Head of a young woman. Together with SK-A-4173 forms a bust of Mary Magdalene. (RIJKS)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Landscape s.d. Oil on panel, 63.3 x 90.7 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851).
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Oil on canvas, 303 x 297 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In 1785 Joshua Reynolds, President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, was commissioned by Catherine II of Russia to paint…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) A Nymph and Cupid: ‘The Snake in the Grass’ exhibited 1784 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 99.1 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus 1788 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus 1788 Oil on canvas, 127.5 x 101 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This is an autograph version of Reynolds‘s famous picture of 1784, painted for Lord Carysfort (now Tate Gallery, London). Carysfort,…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Continence of Scipio 1789 Oil on canvas, 239.5 x 165.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In 1785 the British diplomat Lord Carysfort was entrusted with a commission to Reynolds for two paintings, one for Catherine the Great of…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) L’Inondation à Port-Marly (The Flood at Port-Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Sisley settled in Marly-le-Roi in the spring of 1875 and stayed for three years, so he was there to…