Description of the picture: Threshing floor – Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov. 1821/1822. Canvas, oil. 66.5×80.5 Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (1780-1847) – the initiator of the everyday genre in Russian painting. The theme of his work was the harmony of the world of… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: The copper serpent – Fedor Antonovich Bruni. 1841. Oil on canvas. 565×852 Fedor Antonovich Bruni (1799-1875) – an outstanding master of historical painting of the first half of the XIX century. The multi-figure compositions created… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Morning – Claude Lorren. 1666. Oil on canvas. 113X157 cm Claude Lorren’s picture “Morning” can be called the most lyrical and subtle among his paintings. Lorren, with his sublime landscape, poets the Biblical story –… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Portrait of Tsarevna Anna Petrovna and Elizabeth Petrovna – Louis Caravac. 1717. Oil on canvas. 76×97 Louis Caravac (1684-1754) – French artist, worked at the court at the invitation of Peter I and taught the masters… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Portrait of Princess Z. N. Yusupova – Valentin Alexandrovich Serov. 1902. Oil on canvas. 181.5×133 Princess Yusupova is gorgeous in a ceremonial portrait by Serov. Secular lady, aristocrat to your fingertips. The dress gives an… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Portrait of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich – Stefano Torelli. 1765. Oil on canvas. 176×107 The representative of Rossika, the Italian painter Stefano Torelli (1712-1784), worked and worked successfully in Russia in the second half of the… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: The apostles Peter and Paul – El Greco. Between 1587-1592. Canvas, oil. 121.5×105 A native of Crete, El Greco (1541-1614) belongs to the Spanish school of painting. The recognizable style of the artist-mannerist is distinguished… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Portrait of Juan de Parech – Diego Velazquez. 1650. Oil on canvas. 81.3×69.9 The work of Diego Velazquez is the pinnacle of Spanish painting of the XVII century. He was the court painter of King… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: At the door of the mosque – Vasily Vereshchagin. 1873. Oil on canvas. 315.5×237.5 Vasily Vereshchagin – a unique painter who traveled a lot, accompanied the Russian army in military operations in the Balkans, in… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Family portrait – Jacob Jordaens. 1650-1652. Canvas, oil. One hundred seventy eight x one hundred fifty two cm Looking at this picture, even a layman in the history of art will say that it belongs… Continue Reading