Friday, March 3, 2017

Renaissance Paintings at the Hermitage

Jacopo Tintoretto
St George and the Dragon
1543-44
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

follower of Domenico Beccafumi
Visitation
ca. 1550
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

"And the Angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. And Mary arose in those days, and went in to the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: and she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy."

 from the Gospel of Luke, translated into English in 1611

Paris Bordone
Holy Family with St Catherine
1520-22
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Catharina van Hemessen
Self-portrait
1548
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Lorenzo Lotto
Madonna della Grazie
before 1556
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Palma il Vecchio
Portrait of a man
ca. 1512-15
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio
Holy Family with St John the Baptist
16th century
oil on panel
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Giorgione
Judith
1504
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Paolo Veronese
Lamentation
ca. 1576-82
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Garofalo
Allegory of Old and New Testaments
ca. 1528-31
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Garofalo
Christ Carrying the Cross, with St Veronica
ca. 1528-31
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Palma il Giovane
St Sebastian
1590s
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Adam Elsheimer
St Christopher
1598-99
oil on copper
Hermitage. Saint Petersburg

Jacopo Tintoretto
Birth of St John the Baptist
1550s
oil on canvas
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg