Leonardo da Vinci Hall |
It was founded in when Empress Catherine the Great acquired a collection of paintings from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. |
Hall of the School of Leonardo da Vinci |
The Neva enfilade of state rooms in the Old Hermitage with windows overlooking the river has in the main retained the architectural decor created in the s to the design of Andrei Stakenschneider — , the leading exponent of Historicism in Saint Petersburg architecture. |
Hermitage leonardo da vinci |
It depicts the Virgin Mary breastfeeding the Christ child , a devotional subject known as the Madonna lactans. |
Hermitage Museum - Wikipedia |
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