Description of the picture: Adoration of the Infant Christ – Filippino Lippi. Mid 1480s Copper, tempera. Diameter 53 Filippino Lippi (1460-1505), the son of the artist Fippo Lippi – probably the most famous of the students of Sandro Botticelli, who… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Fedor Alexandrovich Vasiliev (1850-1873) – a surprisingly delicate landscape painter of the second half of the XIX century. He combined in his work the romantic line of painting by his predecessors and anticipated the emergence… 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: 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: Adolescence of the Madonna – Francisco de Zurbaran. Between 1658-1660. Canvas, oil. 73.5×53.5 Francisco de Zurbaran (1598-1664) belongs to the galaxy of Spanish artists of the XVII century. His work, despite the religious theme, is very… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Portrait of Princess E. A. Lobanova-Rostovskaya – Ivan Petrovich Argunov. 1754. Oil on canvas. 81.5×62.5 Ivan Petrovich Argunov (1727-1802) – a famous portrait painter of the second half of the XVIII century, until the end of… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Trader at tea – Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev. 1918. Oil on canvas. 120.5×121.2 One of the favorite characters in the works of Kustodiev was a burly, healthy merchant merchant. The artist painted merchants many times –… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: The conquest of Siberia by Ermak – Vasily Ivanovich Surikov. 1895. Oil on canvas. 285×599 The conquest of Siberia is one of the glorious and great pages of the history of the Fatherland. The key… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Ship Grove – Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin. Oil on canvas one hundred sixty five x 252 The outstanding landscape painter Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, according to contemporaries, was known as the true “king of the forest”. The… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Breakfast – Diego de Silva Velazquez. Around 1617. Oil on canvas. 108,5×102 The court painter of the king, Don Diego de Silva Velazquez, along with portraits of crowned persons and high-ranking grandees, also painted ordinary… Continue Reading