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.
CHRIST APPEARING TO THE APOSTLES [THE DOUBTING THOMAS]
Circa 1510
Sheet 33 from the series “The Small Passion”
FIRST OF THE SERIES (THE VIRGIN ON THE CRESCENT)
Circa 1511
First of the series “The Life of the Virgin”
TITLE PAGE: THE MOCKING OF CHRIST [CHRIST AS MAN OF SORROWS MOCKED BY A SOLDIER]
Circa 1511
Cover page of the series “The Large Passion”
