29 October 2013

The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia

The Hermitage in
St. Petersburg, Russia


Here is what the entrance to the Hermitage looks like.  Don't be deceived though, this place is HUGE!

To get a better idea of what this place actually looks like and how huge it is there are a bunch of youtube videos ... here is just one of them


the Grand Entrance


the Throne Room





Below is a close up of the wood floors from the picture above.  I love the wood inlay!



Another Throne Room


Below is a close up of the mosaics on the floor of the picture above.  Also, pictured below, is a fountain that is located in the above picture on the right and on the left.




Believe it or not this is a clock ... and it moves.
Check it out on youtube (it is in Russian for those who speak Russian)



Leonardo's Madonna and the Child


The room that Leonard's Madonna and the Child is located.  Below is a close-up of the door panels, seen in the above picture on the right.





The next three pictures are Raphael Loggias duplicates of the framed hallway in the Vatican







Michelangelo's Crouching Boy




Above is the room where Rembrandt was featured.  There were so many beautiful paintings! 


Place of Theater, France, Paris, 1898
Camille Pissarro


Psyche revived by Cupid's Kiss by Antonio Canova's


The Death of Adonis by Giuseppe Mazzuoli



View of our Exit and below the view we got when we exited


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