Russia Saint Petersburg the State Hermitage guided tour

Itinerary

The State Hermitage Museum was founded in 1764. In its collection of more than 3 million exhibits.

The Hermitage is a complex of 6 historic buildings, the main of which is the Winter Palace, built by the architect Francesco Rastrelli along the Neva Palace Embankment.

During the tour you will see the most important works from the museum collection.

In the eastern wing of the General Staff building, you will get acquainted with the best works of painters from the school of impressionism – Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Auguste Renoir.

In the same place your will the works of European art masters of the 19th century – Faberge, Malevich.

The Small Hermitage building presents works of art from ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome.
In the Great Hermitage building, we will not miss the paintings of the Renaissance.
“Madonna Litta” and “Madonna Benoit” Leonardo da Vinci.

Unique paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, other European painters.
Rembrandt “Dan” and “Return of the Prodigal Son.”

With the painting of the masters of the French school of the XV – XVIII centuries, the best works of Nikola Pousen let us get to know too.

In the galleries of the New Hermitage, it is located in a copy of the Raphael frescoes, placed by Giacomo Quarenghi in 1783-1792 in the Loggias of the same name.

The Winter Palace has the famous Peacock Clock, an XVIII century gold mechanical clock that still works today.

They say that the inspection of the entire Hermitage collection requires at least 6 years.

Our sightseeing tour is only a “door ajar”, a survey, but a basic. It is the digest of the best The State Hermitage can offer