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This room is situated in the New Hermitage constructed
to the design of Leo von Klenze for the Imperial Museum in 1851. According
to the original project the room had been intended for the paintings
of the French and Flemish schools, and the ceiling décor included
medallions portraying the artists of these schools in grisaille. The
room houses the exhibition of Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, a great
Dutch artist of the 17th century. The collection, containing twenty-three
works by the master, includes his famous paintings, such as Portrait
of a Scholar (1631), Flora (1634), Descent from the Cross (1634?),
The Sacrifice of Abraham (1635), Danae (1636), Portrait of Baartjen
Martens Doomer (c. 1640), David's Farewell to Jonathan (1642), The
Holy Family (1645), Portrait of the Old Man in Red (c. 1654), Portrait
of the Poet Jeremias de Decker (1666), The Return of the Prodigal
Son (1665/1669). |
