Description of the picture: Parade in the reign of Paul I – Alexander Nikolaevich Benois. 1907. Gouache on paper. 59.6×82 Alexander Nikolaevich Benois (1870-1960) – an outstanding personality at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, a great painter and graphic… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Portrait of Catherine II – Fedor Stepanovich Rokotov. 1780s Canvas, oil. 160×121 Fedor Stepanovich Rokotov is one of the greatest Russian portrait painters of the second half of the 18th century. Ceremonial Portrait of Empress… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Boats off Normandy – Richard Parks Bonington. Around 1823-1824. Canvas, oil. 34×46 Richard Bonington (1802-1828) – English landscape painter, belonging to the circle of romantics. He studied in France and was friends with Delacroix. Bonington’s… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Crucifixion of Christ – Bartolome Esteban Murillo. Around 1675. Oil on canvas. Ninety eight x 60.2 cm Bartolome Esteban Murillo is a famous Spanish artist of the “Golden Age” hailing from Seville. In the early… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Apostles at the tomb of Christ – Francisco Ribalta. 1590s Canvas, oil. Ninety x 64.5 cm This painting is one of many works on biblical themes. It reflects the moment when the followers of Christ,… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: View of Collioure – Henri Matisse. 1906. Oil on canvas. 53.5 x seventy three cm Minimal use of halftones, bright open paints, wide free strokes, large planes and associative use of warm and cold tones… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Prophets king Solomon and Ezekiel – Unknown artist. The beginning of the XVI century. Wood, tempera, gilding. 61,5×98 Icon with images of the Old Testament prophets of Solomon and Ezekiel originally placed in the iconostasis, which… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Portrait of Count M. M. Speransky – Pavel Alekseevich Ivanov. 1806. Bone, watercolor, gouache. 7.5×6.3 The art of portrait miniatures on bones reached its peak in the 18th – first half of the 19th centuries. Small… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Descent from the Cross – Sebastiano del Piombo. Oil on Canvas, two hundred sixty x one hundred ninety three cm The painting was painted during the artist’s stay in Rome. During this period, he was influenced… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Portrait of F. Ya. Dubyansky – Alexey Petrovich Antropov. Canvas, oil. 99.5 x 76.5 cm The representative of Russian painting of the Baroque era A.P. Antropov is known as one of the founders of portraiture. As… Continue Reading