Description of the picture: Portrait of the Infanta Catalina Michaela of Austria – Alonso Sanchez Coelho. Between 1582-1585. Canvas, oil. 70×50 The court painter Alonso Sanchez Coelho (circa 1531-1588) is the founder of the Spanish parade portrait. The characters… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Forest Edge (Flight into Egypt) – Jan Brueghel the Elder. Copper, oil. Twenty five x thirty six cm The flight of the family of Jesus Christ to Egypt is one of the most popular religious subjects,… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: The ship among the stormy sea – Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. 1887. Oil on canvas. 97×62.5 Illustrious marine painter and battle painter Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski (1817-1900), Armenian by origin (Ayvazyan), worked for most of his life… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: The old gardener – Vasily Ivanovich Surikov. 1882. Oil on canvas. 97×140.9 Work is a "household portrait" peasant. A full beard, long-cut hair, leaky ports, a light shirt, belted with a strap. There is anxiety… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Paralytic – Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1763. Oil on canvas. 115.5×146 French painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) became famous as a portrait painter and artist, who wrote works on the topic of kinship. In the genre of family life,… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Cappuccini near Sorrento, Sylvester Feodosievich Shchedrin, 1827. Oil on canvas. 47,5×60 Sylvester Shchedrin was born in St. Petersburg in an art family. His father is a famous sculptor, rector of the Academy of Fine Arts, his… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Dessert – Willem Kalf. Canvas, oil. 105×87.5 The “dessert” of the Dutch artist Willem Kalf is a fine example of a rich, elegant and colorful still life, which reflected the desire of the wealthy burgher class… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: The maid and soldier is Peter de Hoch. Wood, oil. Seventy one x fifty nine cm Living in Delft, the artist sometimes returns to the plots of his early works, depicting scenes of soldier’s life and… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Saint Onufry – Jose de Ribera. 1637. Oil on canvas. One hundred thirty x one hundred four cm Saint Onuphrius is a representative of the early Christian deserts, who lived all alone in the desert… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: St. Isaac’s Cathedral and the monument to Peter I – Maxim Nikiforovich Vorobyov. 1844. Oil on canvas. 102×131 Maxim Nikiforovich Vorobyov (1787-1855) – landscape painter of the first half of the XIX century. His work… Continue Reading