IHermitage Museum ingelinye lamamnyuziyamu asendulo amakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni okuyi esenkabeni yeSaint Petersburg, phakathi kokuzungezwa komfula iNeva nePalace Square.
La iqoqo yalesi sigcinamagugu sakhiwa yi izingcezu ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu, okuhlala kuyo isakhiwo esakhiwe izakhiwo eziyisithupha etholakala osebeni lomfula iNeva. Ihlanganisa kusuka Izinto zasendulo zamaRoma nezesiGreek, kumidwebo yase-Western Europe kanye nezithombe ezibaziwe, ubuciko basempumalanga, izingcezu zemivubukulo, ubuciko baseRussia, ubucwebe noma izikhali.
Emakamelweni amakhulu, ahlotshiswe ngemikhumbi ye-malachite ne-lapis lazuli, yiwona Umbukiso wokudweba wase-Italy nokuqoqwa komdwebo waseSpain, kubhekwa njengenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu ngaphandle kwemingcele yaseSpain. Kuyo ungabona imisebenzi ka-El Greco, Velázquez, Ribera, Zurbarán, Murillo noGoya. Okumnandi ukuqoqwa kwabadwebi baseSpain kusukela ngekhulu leminyaka legolide lika-Coesvelt wasebhange, elihlanganiswe phakathi nempi kaNapoleon, lafika eHermitage ngo-1814.
Ukuqoqwa kwe- ubuciko baseFrance kusukela ngekhulu le-XNUMX kuya kwele-XNUMX kuyinto yesibili ebaluleke kunazo zonke emhlabeni ngemuva kwaleyo yeLouvre. Izindwangu zePoussin, Watteau neChardin ziyashintshana nokudalwa ngabadwebi abahle baseFrance kanye neqoqo elicebile lobuciko obusetshenzisiwe.