At the Russian Court: Palace and Protocol in the 19th Century

HERMITAGE AMSTERDAM

V. Fjodorov

Hermitage Amsterdam

<p>The Russian love for the Dutch masters began in the 17th century. Peter the Great visited Holland and purchased a number of works. His successors and the people at the court were even more passionate collectors than he, making the Hermitage the proud owner of an unprecedented, extensive collection of works by Dutch masters. But why did the Russian aristocracy love Dutch art so much? How did the collections come together? And how did these Dutch paintings influence Russian art? In this book, Russian and Dutch authors give answers to these questions and take you on a journey all the way to Saint Petersburg and back. </p>

Dutch Masters from the Hermitage

Arts & Photography

Hermitage Museum

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

<p>This collection of pieces is both a feast for the eyes and an enthralling quest for the meaning of art at various times and in a wide range of cultures. Masterpieces by Western artists like Velázquez, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Matisse, and Fabre are compared with top works from many different periods, places, and cultures. What, for example, links a sixteenth-century triptych by Maarten van Heemskerck with an image of the Buddha made in twelfth-century China? The comparisons produce exciting and unexpected results and show that, however different cultures may seem, the ideas behind them often have an amazing amount in common.</p>

Treasury! Masterpieces from the Hermitage

Amsterdam, Hermitage

History & Criticism

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