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In Leo von Klenze's project this room in the New Hermitage
was allotted to the French and Flemish schools of painting. That explains
the inclusion in the decoration of the vault of medallions bearing
portraits of outstanding artists from those countries. The room contains
a unique collection of paintings by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669).
The Hermitage's Rembrandt collection includes 23 works, representing
both the artist's early and late periods (among them Flora, The
Descent from the Cross, The Sacrifice of Abraham, Danaë, David
and Jonathan, The Holy Family, Portrait of an Old Man in Red and The
Return of the Prodigal Son). |
