HERMITAGE, Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

ĕrˌmētäzhˈ, museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, one of the world's foremost houses of art. It was reconstructed in the neoclassical style in the 19th cent. from the original pavilion palace erected by Catherine II. Although opened to the public in 1852, it contained only the imperial collections until 1917. There are now more than 40,000 drawings, 500,000 engravings, and 8,000 paintings of the Flemish, French, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian schools, including many by Rembrandt, Rubens, Picasso, and Matisse, which represent only a fraction of the riches of the museum. The most popular section, "The Heroic Past of the Russian People," includes the War Museum and a tribute to Peter the Great. Another part is devoted to the life and works of Pushkin. The collections include the art of India, China, Egypt, pre-Columbian America, Greece, and Rome, as well as Scythian art from the Eurasian steppe. There are also tapestries, ivories, and furniture. Russian art is exhibited separately in Mikhailovsky Palace, which was opened in 1898.

See V. Suslov, ed., Great Art Treasures of the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (2 vol., 1995) and the catalog Hidden Treasures Revealed: Impressionist Masterpieces and Other Important French Paintings Preserved by the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (1995).

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Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia
Book by W. Bruce Lincoln; Basic Books, 2001
Subjects: Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History
...Picture of Petersburg , pp. 461...Madariaga, Russia in the Age of...2. Volkov, St. Petersburg , p. 15. 3...Norman, The Hermitage: The Biography of a Great Museum New York, 1998...Baedeker, Russia , pp. 144...
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Great French Painting in the Hermitage
Book by Charles Sterling; Harry N. Abrams, 1958
Subjects: Painting, French
...Bulletin of the Hermitage Leningrad , 1946...Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts...the Hermitage Museum . Leningrad...the Hermitage Museum . Leningrad...from several museums in the U.S...World of Art . St. Petersburg, 1899- 1904...Treasures in Russia . St. Petersburg...
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Culture and Customs of Russia
Book by Sydney Schultze; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Russia (Federation)--Civilization, Russia (Federation)--Social Life And Customs
...collection in the Russian Museum is larger, but...fall of communism, museums have struggled to...The best-known museum in Russia is the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. The Hermitage...one of the finest museums in the world. Its...
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Russia and the Soviet Union: An Historical Introduction from the Kievan State to the Present
Book by John M. Thompson; Westview Press, 1998
Subjects: Russia (Federation)--History, Russia--History, Soviet Union--History
...southern part of European Russia have revealed that early...highlight of any trip to Russia is a visit to the Treasure Room of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, where original pieces...territory that was to become Russia as early as it did western...
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Muslims in Russia
Book by Uli Schamiloglu; Mason Crest, 2006
Subjects: Muslims--Russia (Federation)--History, Muslims--Russia--History, Muslims--Soviet Union--History
Russia has a rich cultural history. The Hermitage, a famous museum in St. Petersburg, contains one of the worlds finest art collections. nomads inhabited the steppe. They spent the winter in the southern pas...
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Comment: Letter from St. Petersburg
Journal article by Karen Wilkin; The Hudson Review, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Art exhibits, Cities, St Petersburg Russia
...Dear H, Im in St. Petersburg with my architect...curators at the Hermitage. Many festivities...first trip to Russia. But arriving in St. Petersburg on a sunny Sunday...State Russian Museum-and discover...another of the museums opulent sites...
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Peter at the Crossroads
Journal article by Russell Fraser; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 75, 1999
Subjects: Cities, History, St Petersburg Russia
...compare with St. Petersburgs...table is the Hermitage Museum, built into...everywhere in St. Petersburg, supporting...might do the Hermitage. No time...check out St. Isaacs...pass to the museums 1,000...Opposite the museum on Palace...
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The Petersburg Sublime: Alexander Benois and the Bronze Horseman Series (1903-22)
Journal article by Megan Swift; Germano-Slavica, Vol. 17, 2009
...experience in St. Petersburg in a number of...foundation of St. Petersburg. While the 1903...discovered in the Hermitage in 1903, and...Art Treasures of Russia (Khudozhestvennye...experience in present St. Petersburg intersecting with...
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Plans Develop for the 2008 World Conference in Russia
Journal article by Manana Salakaja; Childhood Education, Vol. 83, 2007
...tsars, and St. Basils Cathedral...collections in Russia. The Pushkin...foreign art in Russia, after St. Petersburgs Hermitage. The National Museum of Russian...the largest museums in the world...Moscow and St. Petersburg a secret...
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To Russia with ... Technology
Journal article by Candy Beal; Social Education, Vol. 66, 2002
Subjects: Online services--Usage, Social sciences--Study and teaching, Travel--Technology application
...know about life and culture in Pskov, Russia. www.ncsu.edu/chass/extension/russia Journal account of the trip to Petrozavodsk and St. Petersburg, Russia. Daily adventures, photograph albums...
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Labour of Love: During the Siege of Leningrad, Staff at the Hermitage Went to Remarkable Lengths to Save the Museum's Treasures, Finds Sebastian Harcombe
Magazine article by Sebastian Harcombe; New Statesman, Vol. 134, August 8, 2005
Subjects: Art museums--Collections and collecting, Art museums--Management, Art museums--Protection and preservation, Hermitage State Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)--Collections and collecting, Hermitage State Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)--Management, Hermitage State Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)--Protection and preservation
...Save the Museums Treasures...the State Hermitage Museum, in the...known as St Petersburg, a young...evacuation of the Hermitages collection...Next, the museums priceless...mainland Russia, and the...elderly lady museum guides came...Voronikhina, an Hermitage art historian...devotion to the museums treasures...it. The Hermitages cellars were...
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Black Sea Gold Comes to Amsterdam: Jo Sargent Visits the Hermitage Amsterdam to View Its Inaugural Exhibition, a Glittering Collection of Ancient Gold Unearthed from the Funeral Barrows of the Region Surrounding the Black Sea
Magazine article by Jo Sargent; Geographical, Vol. 76, June 2004
Subjects: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Classical antiquities--Exhibitions, Greek antiquities--Exhibitions, Hermitage State Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)--Collections and collecting, Museums--Exhibitions
...Visits the Hermitage Amsterdam to...Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Today, its...this modern museum will show small...Gold, the museums inaugural show...chambers in St Petersburg and that were...in southern Russia that began...
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In Russia, It's St. Petersburg Again
Magazine article; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 265, July 1993
Subjects: Geographic profiles, St Petersburg Russia, Tourism, Urban areas
In Russia, Its St. Petersburg Again "A stalled...Czars and now the Hermitage museum. The famous equestrian...distance at least, St. Petersburg looks like the city...two-day visit to St. Petersburg, Russia. Prices range from...
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Just Browsing International Style
Magazine article; Southwest Art, Vol. 30, April 2001
Subjects: Art, Hermitage-St Petersburg Russia, Louvre, Museums, Prado Museum, Web sites
...museums from Paris to St. Petersburg feature Web sites...collection at the museums Web site, www...The legendary State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has an equally fascinating...inspection of the museums masterpieces, which...
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St Petersburg at 300 - Vast Beauty, a Turbulent History, and Remarkable Endurance Characterize Russia's Cultural Capital, the City of St. Petersburg
Magazine article by Masha Nordbye; World and I, Vol. 18, May 2003
Subjects: Nordbye, Masha--Personal narratives, Nordbye, Masha--Travel, Saint Petersburg, Russia--Description and travel, Saint Petersburg, Russia--History
...accounted for St. Petersburgs...Arctic Circle, St. Petersburg was aptly nicknamed...glory of all Russia." The colossal...Palace is the Hermitage, the countrys largest museum with over three...artistic haven, St. Petersburg attracted and...
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The Baltics Antiques Boatshow; SPLENDOUR: The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, a Destination for Norwegian Jewel, Inset
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 28, 2008
Subjects: Cruise lines, Hermitage State Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia), Museums
...Boatshow; SPLENDOUR: The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, a...Bruges), Helsinki, St Petersburg and the elegant Swedish...spend three days in St Petersburg than go on to Warnemunde...swanhellenic.co.uk. Russia Revealed is a ten...
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Josephine's Farewell from the Hermitage; End of an Era: Portrait of Empress Josephine by Francois Gerard, in Somerset House's Last Exhibition of Treasures from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 30, 2007
Subjects: Museums--Exhibitions
...Farewell from the Hermitage; End of an Era...Treasures from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Byline: PHILIPPA STOCKLEY The Hermitage Rooms Somerset House...civility. *France in Russia: Empress Josephines...
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Iron Curtain Masterpieces Come to the Royal Academy; Masterpiece: Matisse's the Dance, Seized from Sergei Shchukin after the 1917 Revolution, Is in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. It Has Never Been Lent Before
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 22, 2007
Subjects: Museums, Transition metal compounds
...Is in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. It Has Never...Russias greatest museums including one...exchangebetween Russia and France from...Russian museums in St Petersburghave...Norman said. From Russia, sponsored by...
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Masterpieces Sparking a New Art Cold War; (1)Modern Masters: Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr Rey and Cezanne's Mont Ste-Victoire (2)First Time in London: Harmony in Red by Matisse (Left) and in the Garden of the Moulin De la Galette (above) Anxious: The Hermitage in St Petersburg Fears for Its Modern Art Treasures
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 12, 2007
Subjects: Art, Modern, Modern art, Modernism (Art)
...Anxious: The Hermitage in St Petersburg Fears for Its...Hermitage in St Petersburg and the Pushkin...and the Russian Museum in St Petersburg...between the UK and Russia about art and...to be found in museums. Hardly had...
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Beautiful Baltic; for Romance, History and Magnificent Architecture a Baltic Cruise Cannot Be Beaten for Wow Factor and Variety
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 20, 2010
Subjects: Architecture, Hermitage State Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)
...two-day stopover in St Petersburg. Russias cultural capital...way from the phenomenal Hermitage Museum up along the Moika river...of Sestroresk, where St Petersburgs elite escape...EMERALD PRINCESS ST PETERSBURG: Catherine Palace PAINTED...
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Hermitage , Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HERMITAGE , museum, St. Petersburg, Russia er metazh , museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, one of the worlds foremost houses of art, consisting of six buildings along the embankment of the Neva River. Its central building, the Winter Palace...
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Saint Petersburg , City, Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...former capital, St. Petersburg is a major...foreign trade for Russia is small...Rastrelli; the Hermitage museum; the huge domed Cathedral of St. Isaac (1858...are the St. Petersburg State Univ...theaters, museums, scientific...
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Bourgeois, Louise
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...artists. Her work is in various museum collections, e.g., New Yorks Whitney Museum and Museum of Modern Art, which held...retrospective of her work, as did the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2001. See her Deconstruction...


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