The Hermitage Museum is one of the largest antiquities museums in the world which is located in the heart of Saint Petersburg, between the embankment of the river Neva and the Palace Square.
La collection of this museum is formed by more than three million pieces, which occupies a complex made up of six buildings located on the banks of the river Neva. Covers from roman and greek antiquities, to Western European paintings and sculptures, oriental art, archaeological pieces, Russian art, jewelry or weapons.
In the large rooms, decorated with malachite and lapis lazuli vessels, are the Italian painting exhibition and the collection of Spanish painting, considered one of the best outside the borders of Spain. In it you can see works by El Greco, Velázquez, Ribera, Zurbarán, Murillo and Goya. The delicious collection of spanish painters from the golden century belonging to the banker Coesvelt, gathered during the Napoleonic war, arrived at the Hermitage in 1814.
The collection of french art from the XNUMXth to the XNUMXth centuries it is the second most important in the world after that of the Louvre. The canvases of Poussin, Watteau and Chardin alternate with creations by the best French sculptors and a rich collection of applied art.