From the collections of The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, the thirty sublime paintings reproduced in this book of postcards portray the life of Christ as related in the New Testament. From Francisco de Zurbaran`s tender Childhood of the Virgin through Anthony van Dyck`s luminous Appearance of Christ to His Disciples, events from the Annunciation through the Resurrection and related scenes and parables are masterfully portrayed. Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, and twenty-four other renowned painters of the fourteenth through nineteenth centuries are represented in this unparalleled selection.
The thirty postcards in Dutch Paintings from the Hermitage reproduce a selection of artworks from the heralded collections of The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia. Occupying lavish quarters in the historic heart of the city, the Hermitage holds numerous prized paintings from the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age. Included here are exquisite works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob van Ruisdael, and many other Dutch masters.
The thirty postcards in Italian Renaissance Paintings were selected from the heralded collections of The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, which are housed in lavish quarters in the historic heart of the city. These classic paintings from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries portray both religious and secular subject matter — family portraits and lounging lovers side by side with saints and winged angels — depicted by masterful Italian painters in famous artworks that are known and loved around the globe.
