Thursday, July 12, 2018

The Hermitage part 2 paintings

Not only was our guide knowledgeable with the history of everything in Hermitage but also the painting styles and how they progressed over the years we were quite impressed
From the hall of portraits.  This hall had portraits of soldiers who fought Napoleon 

Students painting the paintings 

A good job so far 

Leonardo Davinci 

Titan

Rubens

12th century icon

Hmmm, I have an arrow in my neck

Lots of old religious art

Zeus tempting a maiden 

Ouch, more arrows 

Even centaurs get a play date

A detail of the fresco hall

A painting of Venice

Rembrandt had a daughter that died at 12.  He painted her as she might have looked as an adult 

Woof

The density of fine art is phenomenal 

Raphael

The frame !

Cherub time