From the Sculptor's Italian Baroque Terracottas from the State Hermitage Museum [Paperback] Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh (Russia) (Author), Nina Kosareva (Author), Dean Walker (Author), Ian Wardropper (Author), Sergei Androsov (Author), Art Institute of Chicago (Corporate Author)
The State Hermitage Museum (Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж, romanized: Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž) located in St. Petersburg, is one of the world's largest and oldest museums, founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great.
Located along the Neva River, it holds over three million items, including Western European art, Egyptian antiquities, and Russian imperial treasures, housed in five historic buildings, including the Winter Palace