Description of the picture: Sinking ship – Aivazovsky. 1854.19.5×28.8. Pencil The gray-ultramarine palette of a cloudy, stormy day bursts into the reality with a splash of shaggy waves. A critically banked ship rushes towards us, but we understand that… 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: Lake. Russia – Isaac Ilyich Levitan. 1899-1900. Canvas, oil. 149×208 The synthesis of all the impressions and observations of Levitan over the nature of his native land was his last monumental work – “Lake. Russia… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Sappho and Faon – Jacques-Louis David. 1809. Oil on canvas. 225,3×262 The founder of French neoclassicism, Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) painted the picture by order of Prince N. B. Yusupov. Ancient Greek poetess Sappho was a… Continue Reading
Description of the picture: Great tonsure – Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov. 1898. Oil on canvas. 178×195 The work of Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (1862-1942) reflects the deep spiritual and religious searches of his era. The author of numerous paintings and monumental… 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: Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna – Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky. 1905. Oil on canvas. 133×84 Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky began his artistic career as a member of the Association of Wanderers, exhibiting with paintings on the topic… 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: Female Portrait – Correggio (Antonio Allegri). Around 1518. Oil on canvas. 103×87.5 The portrait genre is quite rare in the works of the Italian master of the Renaissance, and the picture presented is the only work… 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