In which museum is Rembrandt’s painting Danaë displayed?

Rembrandt’s painting Danaë is displayed at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.

Rembrandt painted Danaë in 1636, presenting the mythological princess from Ovid’s story. In the myth, Zeus visits Danaë in the form of a shower of gold. Rather than concentrating on a spectacular transformation, Rembrandt shows a richly furnished interior and a woman responding to an unseen presence.

The painting entered the collection of the Russian imperial family in the eighteenth century and became part of the Hermitage’s holdings. Its current display location is sometimes confused with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which owns other major Rembrandt works, including The Night Watch.

Danaë suffered severe damage in 1985 when a visitor attacked it with sulfuric acid and cut it with a knife. Hermitage conservators carried out a long restoration, and the painting was returned to public display in 1997.