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.
THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
Circa 1505
Sheet 12 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
Circa 1504 – 1505
Sheet 13 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
CHRIST TAKING LEAVE OF HIS MOTHER
Circa 1504 – 1505
Sheet 16 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
