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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin - Still life with the attributes of Art (1766)

on May 29, 2020

Art Ermitage Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Still life

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze - The spoiled child (1765)

on May 28, 2020

Child Ermitage Jean-Baptiste Greuze Portrait

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Bernardo Bellotto - New Market Square in Dresden (1747)

on May 27, 2020

Bernardo Bellotto Dresden Ermitage Square

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Giambattista Tiepolo - Maecenas presents the liberal arts to Augustus (c. 1745)

on May 26, 2020

Augustus Ermitage Giambattista Tiepolo Maecenas

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François Boucher - Landscape near Beauvais (1740-1745)

on May 25, 2020

Beauvais Ermitage François Boucher Landscape

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Canaletto - Reception of the French Ambassador (1726-1730)

on May 22, 2020

Ambassador Canaletto France Hermitage Venice

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Jean-Marc Nattier - Peter the Great (1717)

on May 21, 2020

Ermitage Jean-Marc Nattier Peter of Russia Peter the Great Portrait

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

on May 20, 2020

Death Ermitage Giuseppe Maria Crespi Saint Joseph

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Rembrandt - Return of the Prodigal Son (1668-1669)

on May 19, 2020

Ermitage God Prodigal son Rembrandt

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Jacob van Ruysdael - Swamp (1665-1669)

on May 18, 2020

Ermitage Jacob van Ruysdael Man Swamp

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Pieter de Hooch - Mistress and maid (c. 1660)

on May 15, 2020

Ermitage Pieter de Hooch Portrait Woman

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

on May 14, 2020

Bartolomé Estebán Murillo Boy Dog Ermitage Portrait

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Albert Cuyp - Sunset on the river (1650-1660)

on May 13, 2020

Albert Cuyp. Sunset Ermitage River

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Claude Lorrain - The Gulf of Baia with Apollo and the Cumana Sibyl (1650-1660)

on May 12, 2020

Apollo Capriccio Claude Lorrain Ermitage Landscape Ruins Sibilla Sibilla Cumana

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Frans Hals - Portrait of a man with a glove (c. 1650)

on May 11, 2020

Ermitage Frans Hals Portrait

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Nicolas Poussin - Landscape with Polyphemus (1649)

on May 08, 2020

Ermitage Landscape Nature Nicolas Poussin Polyphemus

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Jan Fyt - Hare, fruit and parrot (1647)

on May 07, 2020

Ermitage Fruit Hare Jan Fyt Parrot Still life

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Matthias Stomer - Esau and Jacob (1640-1650)

on May 06, 2020

Ermitage Esau Jacob Matthias Stomer

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Jusepe de Ribera (called Spagnoletto) - San Girolamo (1626)

on May 05, 2020

Angel Ermitage Jusepe de Ribera Last Judgment San Girolamo Spagnoletto

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Diego Velázquez - Portrait of the Count of Olivares (c. 1640)

on May 05, 2020

Count of Olivares Diego Velàzquez Don Gaspar de Guzman Ermitage Portrait

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Domenico Fetti - Portrait of an actor (1623)

on May 04, 2020

Domenico Fetti Ermitage Portrait

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Anton van Dyck - Portrait of Elizabeth and Philadelphia Wharton (1640)

on May 04, 2020

Anton van Dyck Elizabeth Wharton Ermitage Philadelphia Wharton Portrait

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Pieter Paul Rubens - Perseus frees Andromeda (c. 1622)

on May 01, 2020

Andromeda Ermitage Medusa Perseo Pieter Paul Rubens Rubens

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Rembrandt - Danae (1636-1650)

on May 01, 2020

Danae Ermitage Rembrandt

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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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