STATE HERMITAGE. ST. PETERSBURG
Lugt 2061
The Hermitage is one of the largest museums in the world. It is considered to be founded in 1764 when Catherine the Great received a collection of 225 paintings acquired by the German merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky, in compensation of his debts. Nowadays, in the Hermitage collections there are more than 3 million items representing the art and the culture of different countries of the world, from Antiquity to the present time.
Circa 1503 – 1504
Sheet 4 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
THE PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN IN THE TEMPLE
Circa 1503 – 1504
Sheet 5 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
Circa 1504
Sheet 6 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
Circa 1505
Sheet 10 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
