The Hermitage: Selected Treasures From a Great Museum

by Edward Booth-Clibborn, Vladimir Matveyev, Dr. Mikhail Piotrovsky, State Hermitage Museum, Dr. Vitaly Suslov — 1 more, Vladimir Terebenin (Photographer)

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An overview of the State Hermitage Museum of Leningrad's collection of paintings, sculpture, jewellery and other arts. The collection was started in 1764 by Catherine the Great, to decorate what was then the Winter Palace of the Russian Czars. There are now over three million works of art displayed by masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Cezanne, Matisse, El Greco, Rembrandt and many others. This book is the officially authorized introduction to the collection, and a paperback edition is on sale to the visitors to the Hermitage each year.… (more)

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Nice book for what it is. It appears to be a souvenir book from The Hermitage itself. Very good history and background of the museum. When you get to the pictures of the artwork there it seems to focus nearly entirely on paintings and also give their provenance. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Booth-Clibborn, Edward	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Matveyev, Vladimir	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Piotrovsky, Dr. Mikhail	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
State Hermitage Museum	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Suslov, Dr. Vitaly	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Terebenin, Vladimir	Photographer	main author	all editions	confirmed

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An overview of the State Hermitage Museum of Leningrad's collection of paintings, sculpture, jewellery and other arts. The collection was started in 1764 by Catherine the Great, to decorate what was then the Winter Palace of the Russian Czars. There are now over three million works of art displayed by masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Cezanne, Matisse, El Greco, Rembrandt and many others. This book is the officially authorized introduction to the collection, and a paperback edition is on sale to the visitors to the Hermitage each year.

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