The Hermitage: 250 Masterworks

by Hermitage Museum

Book Overview

Highlights from the palatial Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, are beautifully reproduced in an accessible volume celebrating the museum's 250th anniversary. For 250 years, the State Hermitage Museum has been one of the world's most palatial and significant museums. The Hermitage collections were developed beginning in 1764 by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, and now encompass more than 3 million works of art and artifacts displayed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847842096
• ISBN13: 9780847842094
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Skira Rizzoli
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.4" x 10.7"