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Hermitage

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Hermitage , 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. 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... Read more

Hermitage
Hermitage, St Petersburg. Russia's pre-eminent collection of art...name from a pleasure pavilion (now known as the Little Hermitage) created in the late 1760s for the Empress Catherine...friends and display some of her art treasures (‘hermitage’ meaning ‘place of retreat’). In... Read more

Hermitage
Hermitage, St Petersburg. Russia's pre-eminent collection of art...name from a pleasure pavilion (now known as the Little Hermitage) created for Catherine the Great in the late 1760s as...friends and display some of her art treasures (‘hermitage’ meaning ‘place of retreat’). In... Read more

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	Western outpost for the Hermitage ; ...03-16-2004 For much of the 20th century, the Hermitage Museum was a hidden treasure to Western...outpost in Amsterdam. The first section of Hermitage Amsterdam opened its doors Feb. 28 with...a permanent satellite museum for the Hermitage, with more than 4,000 square meters of... Read more
	Profile: St. Petersburg, Russia's Hermitage Museum ; ...05-28-2003 Profile: St. Petersburg, Russia's Hermitage Museum Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 11:00...Petersburg, Russia, the world-famous Hermitage Museum held an all-night event as part...opening is part of an ongoing effort by the Hermitage to project a more contemporary image... Read more
	Hermitage Comes Alive for Night Crowds, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES ; ...Thousands of art lovers enjoyed the State Hermitage Museum's 300th- birthday present to St...for free on Wednesday. According to the Hermitage's press service, some 22,000 people visited...I've never seen so many people in the Hermitage before," said Antonina Gerasimova, who... Read more
	RETIRING HERMITAGE DOCENT LEAVES LEGACY OF KINDNESS AND KNOWLEDGE.(NORFOLK COMPASS) ; ...story. Many times. As a docent at the Hermitage Foundation Museum these last 20 years...Florence Sloane family, which built the Hermitage and lived there from 1907 to 1972. But...as family matriarch'' to much of the Hermitage's current staff. And on a recent Sunday... Read more
	hermitage opens dutch outpost, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES ; ...internationally active gallery, the State Hermitage Museum welcomes visitors Saturday to its newest overseas branch - the Hermitage Amsterdam, located on the banks...Netherlands' capital. Joining the Hermitage Rooms in London's Somerset House... Read more
	Hermitage Meets Its Modern Match, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES ; ...Petersburg Times (Russia) 06-23-2000 The State Hermitage Museum has signed a long-term cooperation...Guggenheim has and needs and what the Hermitage has and needs, it's an almost ideal match...Tuesday. The cash-strapped, state-funded Hermitage has, for a long time, been seeking foreign... Read more
	Revelers Spend Night at Hermitage, THE MOSCOW TIMES ; ...into Wednesday's wee hours, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg served as the...the Neva. It didn't start out that way. Hermitage administrators planned this first-ever...I've never seen so many people in the Hermitage before," said Antonina Gerasimova, one... Read more
	Dutch Hermitage Draws Crowds, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES ; ...Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the State Hermitage Museum. What he decided was that one...In 1996, Ernst Veen, director of the Hermitage Amsterdam and the international exhibition...would make an ideal location for the new Hermitage. The timing and location could not have... Read more
	Hermitage to Collaborate With Guggenheim, THE MOSCOW TIMES ; ...06-22-2000 ST. PETERSBURG -- The State Hermitage Museum has signed a long-term cooperation...Guggenheim has and needs and what the Hermitage has and needs, it's an almost ideal match...Tuesday. The cash-strapped, state-funded Hermitage has long been seeking foreign sponsors... Read more
	FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.(Somerset House showing of Hermitage State Museum)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement) ; LONDON -- The Hermitage Museum has come to town. Somerset House...converted into museum space, has opened the Hermitage Rooms for the purpose of regularly...Jacob Rothschild, the chairman of the Hermitage Development Trust and the Gilbert Collection... Read more

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	Hermitage unveils damaged Danae. (the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, will begin displaying the restored Rembrandt painting on Oct 14, 1997)(Brief Article)
	Guggenheim and Hermitage Team Up.(Brief Article)
	From Russia with love. (traveling exhibition from Hermitage Museum, various artists, Art Institute, Chicago)

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