Madonna Litta
Leonardo da Vinci
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St. Petersburg
The Hermitage
The The Hermitage holds 2 Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces in the Paintale collection, including works by Leonardo da Vinci. Each painting page unpacks the symbolism, technique, and provenance of the work — turning a gallery visit, or a search for a single canvas, into a deeper encounter with the period.
Religion & Mythology
Famous paintings at the The Hermitage
About the The Hermitage’s Renaissance and Baroque collection
The The Hermitage’s holdings of Renaissance and Baroque painting in St. Petersburg sit among the most significant surviving collections of pre-modern European art. The works in this group — 2 paintings — span the themes of religion & mythology and the hands of artists from Leonardo da Vinci.
If you’re planning a visit, use this page as a starting list of the must-see paintings. If you’re researching from a desk, each painting page goes deeper than a museum label: the patron, the symbolism a 17th-century viewer would have recognised, the technique under the surface, and where the painting fits in The Hermitage’s longer history.