Masterpieces of the Hermitage | Dutch Painting of the 17th Century (Episode 4)

The Hermitage houses its collection of 17th Century Dutch painting in six rooms. They include 20 masterpieces by Rembrandt, as well as some of the greatest genre paintings by a range of Dutch Realist artists, such as Jan van Goyen and Jacob van Ruisdael (landscapes); Jan Steen, Gerald ter Borch, Pieter de Hooch, Adriaen, and Isaac van Ostade (genre paintings), Paulus Potter (animal paintings), Willem Claesz Heda and Willem Kalf (still life), as well as two portraits by Frans Hals.

A special display room is devoted to paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn, featuring some of his greatest portrait paintings and historical works, including: Flora (1634), The Descent from the Cross (1634), Abraham's Sacrifice (1635), David and Jonathan (1642); The Holy Family (1645), Portrait of an Old Man in Red (1652-4), and The Return of the Prodigal Son (1668-9).