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he present volume describes, analyses and discusses the works of Spanish schools, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, a formidable collection which includes, among others, chef-d'oeuvres by El Greco, Velazquez, Ribera, Murillo and Goya. A detailed entry for each of the paintings offers information about provenance, history, style and iconography, presented on the highest level of recent scholarship. The entries are preceded by an essay on the history of collecting Spanish paintings in Russia, and completed by a rich bibliography.

The author, Ludmilla L. Kagané, is head of the Department of Spanish painting in the Hermitage State Museum.

Technical Features: cloth bound volume (size 34 x 25 cm) with gold stamping on the front-board and on the spine and coloured dust jacket; 288 pages, 169 black and white illustrations. The volume is priced at $US210-.