These grand, cavernous buildings were perfect for hosting royal events and housing rare artwork and fine tapestry and, since construction, mice who like to chew on both. Most of the Hermitage Museum collection is housed in former royal palaces (including the Winter Palace and Hermitages) located along the Neva River. Petersburg broadcasted to European leaders that Russia held equal ground.Ī cat in front of the Hermitage Museum in St.
Having a world-class collection at the palaces in St. In the 18th century, European courts vied to be centers of artistic and scientific innovation. Like most of Empress Catherine II’s undertakings, accumulating art was part of a larger strategy (one started by a predecessor, Peter the Great).
The collection has survived revolution, invasion, and mouse infestation (see below). The main complex comprises the Winter Palace (the Romanov family's former residence) and adjacent buildings, including the Small Hermitage, the Old and New Hermitages, and the Hermitage Theater. Today the Hermitage is a multi-building institution that houses more than 3 million pieces of art, only a fraction of which are on display at one time. She was, by her own description, “gluttonous” when it came to acquiring art and she spent millions of rubles on paintings by old masters and contemporary artists-ultimately procuring more than 4,000 paintings as well as countless statues and elaborate works of automaton. Petersburg, is now the State Hermitage Musuem. The Winter Palace, a former Russian royal palace in St.
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