Новый Эрмитаж в акварелях Эдуарда Гау / New Heritage in watercolours by Edward Hau 1861-1865

Канал Nigel Fowler Sutton 13,4 тыс. подписчиков Новый Эрмитаж Санкт-Петербург в акварелях Эдуарда Гау 1854-1860 The New Hermitage St. Petersburg in watercolours by Edward Hau 1861-1865 Music: “Yaroslav collection“. Symphony in D major. I - Allegro Chamber ensemble “Baroque“ The New Hermitage ids the first Russian building specially built as a public art museum. Since the beginning of the 18th century, collecting works of outstanding masters of art has become of national importance for European courts. Catherine II took the most active part in this enterprise and did not spare funds for replenishing her collection. It began with paintings by Dutch and Flemish masters, purchased in Paris and various cities in the Netherlands. On February 5, 1852 , the grand opening of the New Hermitage to the public took place. On the first floor were opened two rooms of the newest sculpture. The selection of statues and groups was made personally by Emperor Nicholas I of . In 1857, works of Western European and Russian sc