![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/942/jpeg/08t.jpg) Marble relief on sarcophagus showing traffic jam(?) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/11t.jpg) Incrustation showing fighting knights in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/01t.jpg) Ivory plaque showing line of naked men entering paradise (Gospel scenes, Germany, second half of 11th century) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/942/jpeg/07t.jpg) Marble relief in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/20t.jpg) Painting of a man in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/13t.jpg) Crimson room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/09t.jpg) Gilded ship in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cupids on a dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bronze dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/06t.jpg) A dish with J. Christ in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/05t.jpg) Brass dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/03t.jpg) Coats of arms in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/03t.jpg) Figure of a tsar(?) on ivory in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/04t.jpg) Eastern brass coffee pot in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/08t.jpg) Terracotta head of a woman in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/16t.jpg) Sculpture of two women with a fat butterfly in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/06t.jpg) Head of an ancient mummy in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/02t.jpg) Gothic style room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/08t.jpg) Decorated bronze dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/11t.jpg) Naked woman on a dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/10t.jpg) Horse head sculpture in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/04t.jpg) Decorated brass dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/07t.jpg) Terracotta head of an animal in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/22t.jpg) Details of a woman s head on a painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/09t.jpg) Malevich style terracotta figure in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/17t.jpg) Protective glove in Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/10t.jpg) Ancient terracotta figures of Herakles(?) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/13t.jpg) Frogs on a dish by Bernard Palissy in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/19t.jpg) Decorated brass shield in Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/23t.jpg) Ivory sculpture of madonna like woman with a child in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/21t.jpg) Woman s head on a painting of Giampietrino "The repented Magdalene" in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/15t.jpg) Sculpture of Charles James Fox by Joseph Nollekens (1791) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/18t.jpg) Details of a decorated metal shield in Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/25t.jpg) Figure of sitting J. Christ, Scandinavia(?), 13th century(?) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/24t.jpg) Gilded book cover decorated by figures of Christian saints in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/877/jpeg/05t.jpg) Wax replica of a head of Russian tsar Peter the Great by B. K. Rastrelli in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/14t.jpg) Three Graces sculpture (mythological goddesses of Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia representing beauty, charm and joy) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/26t.jpg) Decoration with voting(?) saints on ivory plaque (book cover, Italy, early 12th century) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/878/jpeg/03t.jpg) Model of a ship in a city museum in Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/15t.jpg) Museum staff during a break for smoking (perekur, in Russian), view from a window of Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/11t.jpg) Tapestry in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/02t.jpg) Italian art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1146/jpeg/26t.jpg) Main Staircase of the New Hermitage in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/758/jpeg/01t.jpg) Main Staircase of the New Hermitage in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/400/jpeg/24t.jpg) Room of Flemish Art in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/400/jpeg/23t.jpg) Knight Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/25t.jpg) Marble sarcophagus in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/400/jpeg/25t.jpg) The Majolica Room in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/15t.jpg) Knight s hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/16t.jpg) Majolica Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/400/jpeg/26t.jpg) The Raphael Loggias in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/21t.jpg) Nativity scene in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/03t.jpg) Picasso Room in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/19t.jpg) Italian art hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/08t.jpg) Gothic room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/458/jpeg/26t.jpg) View from a window of Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/757/jpeg/26t.jpg) Marble statues near Main Staircase of New Hermitage in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/23t.jpg) Antique sculpture in a hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/10t.jpg) Gold Drawing-room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/01t.jpg) 16th century Italian art in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/14t.jpg) A passage to ancient art hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/11t.jpg) Gallery of the Patriotic War of 1812 in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ceiling of Majolica Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/08t.jpg) View from Majolica Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/22t.jpg) Twenty-Column Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/07t.jpg) A corridor and Italian sculpture and art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/05t.jpg) A gallery of the Raphael Loggias in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/04t.jpg) The Majolica Room (Renaissance art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/24t.jpg) Socialist like antique sculpture in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/20t.jpg) Sculpture of a madonna with a child in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/12t.jpg) Saint George Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/10t.jpg) Armorial Hall (Gerbovy, Emblem) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/18t.jpg) Vaults of a copy of Raphael Loggias in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/09t.jpg) Boudoir of impress Mariya Aleksandrovna in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/12t.jpg) Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/17t.jpg) Corridor of a copy of Raphael Loggias in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/26t.jpg) Congested scene on a marble sarcophagus in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/07t.jpg) Atlantes supporting a portico of Hermitage Museum extension. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/13t.jpg) The Hall of Twenty Columns (ancient art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/400/jpeg/21t.jpg) Big French carriage in Field Marshals Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/458/jpeg/25t.jpg) A decoration in Alexander Hall in Hermitage museum (Winter Palace). Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tent-Roofed Room (Dutch and Flemish art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/16t.jpg) Ancient sculptures in the Hall of Culture and Art of the Hellenistic Age in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/400/jpeg/22t.jpg) Gilt State Chair (throne) in Saint George Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/03t.jpg) Decorated ceiling of the Large Italian Skylight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/14t.jpg) Marble sculpture in a gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/458/jpeg/24t.jpg) Back entrance of Hermitage museum, with Atlante s feet in foreground and Saint Isaac Cathedral in background. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/02t.jpg) Vaults of the gallery of Raphael Loggias decorated with biblical paintings in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/06t.jpg) Tourists crowding in front of painting of Rembrandt "Return of the Prodigal Son" in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/13t.jpg) Marble statue of a woman with a skull in a gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/878/jpeg/06t.jpg) Northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/878/jpeg/07t.jpg) Graffiti in northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/381/jpeg/13t.jpg) A bronze relief of Commodore Perry Memorial (showing Perry establishing relations with Japan) in Touro Park. Newport, Rhode Island, March 14, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/878/jpeg/08t.jpg) Old electronic circuit on northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/878/jpeg/10t.jpg) "Assol" yacht on northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/878/jpeg/09t.jpg) Old bricks and a gas mask on northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/942/jpeg/13t.jpg) A hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/942/jpeg/04t.jpg) Egyptian art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/480/jpeg/12t.jpg) Old Italian art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
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