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Gerrit van Honthorst - Childhood of Christ (c. 1620)

on April 30, 2020

Child Ermitage Gerrit van Honthorst Gherardo Delle Notti Jesus Saint Josef

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Bernardo Strozzi - The healing of Tobia (c. 1635)

on April 30, 2020

Angelo Bernardo Strozzi Ermitage Tobia

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Annibale Carracci - Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1604)

on April 29, 2020

Annibale Carracci Child Ermitage Flight to Egypt Saint Joseph Virgin

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Rembrandt - Flora (1634)

on April 29, 2020

Flora Hermitage Portrait Rembrandt Saskia

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Caravaggio - The lute player (c. 1595)

on April 28, 2020

Caravaggio Cecco Ermitage Lover Lute Music Player

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Maarten van Heemskerck - Crucifixion (c. 1543)

on April 28, 2020

Clients Crucifixion Ermitage Maarten van Heemskerck

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El Greco - Saints Peter and Paul (1587-1592)

on April 27, 2020

El Greco Ermitage Paolo Pietro Sacra Conversazione

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Lucas van Leyden - Healing of the blind man of Jericho (c. 1543)

on April 27, 2020

Blind Christ Clients Ermitage Healing Jericho Lucas vad Leyden

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Paolo Veronese - Pietà (1576-1582)

on April 24, 2020

Ermitage Jesus Paolo Veronese Pietà Veronese Virgo

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Michelangelo Buonarroti - Crouching Boy (1530-1534)

on April 24, 2020

Boy Ermitage Michelangelo Michelangelo Buonarroti Statue

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Tiziano Vecellio - San Sebastiano (c. 1570)

on April 23, 2020

Ermitage San Sebastiano Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano

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Jan Provost - Madonna in glory (1524)

on April 23, 2020

David Ermitage Gloia Holy Conversation Jan Provost King David Madonna Sibyl

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Tintoretto - Birth of Saint John the Baptist (1554-1555)

on April 22, 2020

Birth Ermitage San Giovanni Santa Elisabetta Tintoretto Virgin

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Lorenzo Lotto - Portrait of two spouses (1523-1524)

on April 22, 2020

Ermitage Lorenzo Lotto Portrait Spouses

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Tiziano Vecellio (?) - Danae (1546-1553)

on April 21, 2020

Danae Ermitage Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano

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Andrea Del Sarto - Madonna and Child with Saints (1519)

on April 21, 2020

Andrea Del Sarto Child Ermitage Holy Conversation Saint Catherine Saint Elizabeth Saint John Virgin

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Correggio - Portrait of a lady (c. 1519)

on April 20, 2020

Correggio Ermitage Lady Portrait Portrait of a lady Woman

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Lucas Cranach "the Elder" - Venus with Cupid (1509)

on April 17, 2020

Cranach the Elder Cupid Ermitage Lucas Cranach the Elder Venus

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Raffaello Sanzio - Conestabile Madonna (1502-1503)

on April 16, 2020

Child Ermitage Holy Virgin Jesus Madonna Raphael Raphael Sanzio

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Giorgione - Judith (1495-1500)

on April 15, 2020

Ermitage Giorgione Holofernes Judith Portrait

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Leonardo Da Vinci (attr.) - Madonna Litta (1490-1491)

on April 14, 2020

Child Ermitage Holy Virgin Jesus Leonardo Leonardo da Vinci Madonna

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Leonardo Da Vinci - Madonna Benois (1478-1482)

on April 13, 2020

Child Ermitage Holy Virgin Jesus Leonardo Leonardo da Vinci Madonna

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Filippo Lippi - Vision of Saint Augustine (1450-1460)

on April 10, 2020

Child Ermitage Filippo Lippi Jesus Saint Augustine

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Rogier Van Der Weyden - Saint Luke portrays the Madonna (c. 1435)

on April 09, 2020

Ermitage Holy Virgin Jesus Madonna Robert Campin Saint Luke

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Robert Campin - Madonna and Child (c. 1430)

on April 08, 2020

Child Ermitage Holy Virgin Jesus Madonna Robert Campin

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Robert Campin - Trinity (c. 1430)

on April 07, 2020

Ermitage God Jesus Robert Campin Trinity

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Andrea Del Sarto - Madonna and Child with Saints (1519)

A Sacred Conversation that fully respects all composer rules. A nice group of figures interacting with each other. San Giovannino shows us, Saint Elizabeth and the Virgin speak to each other and seem to forget their respective children. St. Catherine silently invites us to reflect on the scene and its meaning. Leonardo feels like a distant echo, but he is present.

Bernardo Bellotto - New Market Square in Dresden (1747)

A shrewd salesman. Bernardo Bellotto had an uncle, Antonio Canal whom we all know as Canaletto, was very well liked by his uncle who suggested that he sign up as Canaletto for easy access to the market. He leaves Venice and deals only with views. Find home with Augustus III, great elector of Saxony and king of Poland; he wanted to go to Moscow, called by Catherine II. It stops earlier, given the economic security offered to it. Catherine II will only have to buy the paintings dedicated to Dresden for a mad sum that will be put on the market following the opening of the hereditary axis of the owner, who is in this painting in the carriage.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - Boy with dog (1655-1660)

Bartolomé Esteban Murrillo gives a suggestion that will turn into Impressionism. The child's gaze and smile was portrayed in the moment, an immediate moment of painting. Manet will be very inspired by this work by creating an incision with the same subject. A painting that can contain an allusive message. The boy, with an accomplice smile to the dog, shows a vase. In the 17th century a vase was associated with the female body. This painting pairs with a portrait of a girl selling fruit ...

Correggio - Portrait of a lady (c. 1519)

Correggio is the master of sweetness in painting, his greatness was understood after this is normal. This portrait of a noblewoman perhaps has a name (the poet Veronica Gambara? It does not matter, however) but remains all her mystery, perhaps even greater than the mythical smile of the Mona Lisa. The dish has an inscription, in Greek, which refers to the Odyssey: when Elena drugged the wine so as not to suffer. Who is she? Did he do anything?

Lucas van Leyden - Healing of the blind man of Jericho (c. 1543)

The Flemish attention of Lucas van Leyden shows us all his skills as a draftsman, colorist, landscape painter and landscape painter. Many figures, perhaps too many, but after careful reading and reconstruction you can understand what happens. Nice 16th century clothes on 1st century characters but that's okay. Attention to detail, a light that is always that of the north, gray and without shadows. The two side figures are a novelty in the style of the time, there are no patrons but two patient people holding up the patrons' family shields, he with that of her husband, she with that of his wife.

Giuseppe Maria Crespi - Death of Saint Josef (c. 1712)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi is the crossroads of different stimuli: Roman and Emilian seventeenth century, Venetian school, Neapolitan school and Flemish-Dutch tradition. Everything, well mixed, creates the unique and personal style of this Bolognese master. A very intense and expressive light. The silent dialogue of the figures engaged in this representation. Following the dictates of the Counter-Reformation, San Giuseppe must be given new visibility and importance; his whole family is present and Christ blesses him ... even if nothing is said about him after the infancy of Christ.

Lorenzo Lotto - Portrait of two spouses (1523-1524)

A nice portrait of a couple to celebrate a union. That it is also a happy union is a bit difficult to say, but from the faces it would seem serious. When you want to insert a symbol in a portrait, then you must expect the doors of guess and meaning hunt to open. The man points to a squirrel that remains in the dark and one must struggle to see it. What is represented? You do: lust, according to a medieval legend when the food is scarce the squirrel drives out the female or domestic prudence. The possibilities are not lacking. But man holds a sheet of paper where it is written in Latin: man never. The hypotheses are and will remain open, the solution is a certainty only for the couple.

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