![\"Caravaggio](\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Caravaggio-The-Lute-Player-1595.jpg\" "\\"Caravaggio")
<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – The Lute Player – 1595<\/em><\/p>\n SOURCE:\u00a0Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – The Lute Player – 1595 (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 01 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n Peter Paul Rubens – Christ Crowned with Thorns “Ecce Homo” – abt 1610<\/em><\/p>\n SOURCE:\u00a0Peter Paul Rubens – Christ Crowned with Thorns “Ecce Homo” – abt 1610\u00c2\u00a0(The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 01 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Jacob Jordaens – The Bean King – abt 1638<\/em><\/p>\n SOURCE:\u00a0Jacob Jordaens -\u00c2\u00a0The Bean King – abt 1638\u00c2\u00a0(The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 01 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n Louis Leopold Boilly – Politicians in the Tuileries Gardens – 1832<\/em><\/p>\n SOURCE:\u00a0Louis Leopold Boilly – Politicians in the Tuileries Gardens – 1832 (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 01 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2010 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I visited the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia and was surprised to learn that non-flash photography of the artwork was permitted. Unfortunately, I discovered that most of the photos I took in the Hermitage were unusable due to camera movement during the long exposures needed to capture an image. In addition, because of reflections, I had to take most of the photos at an angle and, while I was able to compensate for the oblique shots somewhat by editing the images in Photoshop, the resulting images are not exact representations of the art itself. Nonetheless, I was pleased with the fact that I was able to obtain any photos at all. Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n