Paintings in the Hermitage / Colin Eisler ; Introduction by B. B Piotrovsky and V. A. Suslov

Eisler, Colin T.

ISBN 10: 1556701594 / ISBN 13: 9781556701597

Published by New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang : Distributed In The U. S. By Workman Pub, 1990

About this Item

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 653 pages; Description: 653 p. : col. Ill. ; 30 cm. Subjects: Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh (Russia) --Catalogs. Painting --Russia (Federation) --Saint Petersburg --Catalogs. 2 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 87240

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paintings in the Hermitage / Colin Eisler ; Introduction by B. B Piotrovsky and V. A. Suslov
• Publisher: New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang : Distributed In The U. S. By Workman Pub
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556701594
• ISBN 13: 9781556701597
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

More than 750 works in this book include many of those acquired by Catherine the Great as well as hundreds of other added more recently. The book features paintings from 18th-and 19th-century France, with major canvases by Boucher, Fragonard, Watteau, Claude Lorrain, Hubert Robert, David Ingres, Courbet, Corot, the paintings of the Dutch and Flemish Baroque which include Rembrandt's "Return of the Prodigal Son" and his "Descent from the Cross", as well as examples of works by Hals, Rubens, Van Dyck and Jordaens. It includes works by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, Picasso and Matisse. It also features works of the Italian Renaissance, Spanish paintings and paintings from England, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium and the United States.