Paintings

Fresco in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo Buonarroti is a symbol of the superiority of the divine world over the earthly “Painting of the vault of the Sistine

The painting “Portrait of the Artist I. Shishkin” by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy is a living image of the painter who dedicated his work to Russian nature “Portrait of

The Fleming Collection celebrates 50 years The history of the Fleming collection has a rather modest beginning. In 1968, in order to slightly decorate the London office of

Portrait of Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich by Valentin Serov is a reflection of the cold arrogance of a Russian nobleman of the late 19th century The portrait of

Portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna by Ivan Kramskoy – the brilliant appearance of the Russian ruler Portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna – a picture painted by Ivan Nikolaevich

The paintings of the English artist Edmund Leighton, who wrote in the style of romanticism, can be called real “time machines”. They take the viewer back to ancient

Painting Bacchante Singing Cupid by Fyodor Bruni is a gentle image from ancient Greek mythology Bacchante Singing Cupid is a painting by Fyodor Antonovich Bruni in 1828. In

Painting “Sunday Reading in a Rural School” by Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky is a bright moment in the life of a peasant community Sunday Reading in a Rural School is

Painting “Catherine II – Legislator in the Temple of the Goddess of Justice” by Dmitry Levitsky as the personification of the ideal monarch of the Russian Empire of

The painting “From Apartment to Apartment” by Viktor Vasnetsov is a sad episode from the life of a bourgeois family From Apartment to Apartment is a painting by