"From the Foreword of the 292 page book: "The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, preserve two of the world's greatest collections of drawings by Western European artists of the fifteenth to the twentieth century. The present selection includes 120 works of outstanding quality by artists of all the principal schools of European draughtsmanship, beginning with two remarkable miniature ..."
"Outstanding among the world's artistic treasures are the works of Russian jeweler and goldsmith Carl Faberge (1846-1920). In this lavishly illustrated book - the most comprehensive study of Faberge and his innovative creations to date - his legacy is illuminated against the background of royal patronage and his role as Imperial Jeweler to the Russian Court.Faberge has long been associated with the Imperial Easter eggs produced for tsars ..."
"From the Sculptor's Hand: 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)"
"Abbeville's Tiny Folio series puts the art of the world's greatest museums in the palm of your hand. These pint-sized, picture-packed paperbacks cover highlights of museum collections around the world, from the Art Institute of Chicago to the Louvre and now the Hermitage. If you can't get to St. Petersburg, the 250 color illustrations will give you a wonderful sampling of what you're missing. Complete with an informative introduction, t ..."
"Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from March 26, 1988 to June 5, 1988, and at the Art Institute of Chicago, from Jul. 9, 1988, to Sept. 18, 1988. Includes bibliographical references."
"An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 302 pages; Description: 302 p. : chiefly ill. (some col. ) ; 35 cm. Subjects: Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh (Russia) --Catalogs. Painting --Russia (Federation) --Saint Petersburg --Catalogs."
"Highlights from the palatial Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, are beautifully reproduced in an accessible volume celebrating the museum's 250th anniversary. For 250 years, the State Hermitage Museum has been one of the world's most palatial and significant museums. The Hermitage collections were developed beginning in 1764 by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, and now encompass more than 3 million works of art and artifa ..."
"This text offers a comprehensive catalogue of Orthodox art: treasures and masterpieces rarely seen in the West. They are drawn from the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai, the oldest monastery in the world; and the State Heritage Museum, St Petersburg, which has a collection of Byzantine, post-Byzantine, and Russian art. The materials included in this book range from: icons to paintings to jewellery; enamels; illuminated manusc ..."
"The print-makers of the Renaissance were of particular interest to 18th- and early 19th-century Russian collectors. This book provides the best examples from the collection in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. There is an overview of the work of German, Flemish, French, and Italian Masters such as Albrecht Durer, Hans Leonhard, Schaufelein, Lucas Cranach, Hans Holbein the Younger, Pieter von der Hayden, and Baccio Baldini, as well ..."
"Physical description; 168 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Notes; "Prepared for the United States by two major Soviet institutions, the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow"--Foreword. Catalog of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 20-July 29, 1990, and at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 8-Nov. 25, 1990. Published in conjunction with the the exhibition 'From Pou ..."
"Catherine the Great started her collection in 1764 to decorate the Winter Palace. The treasures are now housed in The Hermitage museum in Leningrad. This book presents a selection of these treasures, including jewellery, such as a gold, diamond and sapphire snuff box, diamond watches, chalices, table services, armour, tapestries, dresses and portraits of her and her courtiers. The publication of this book is designed to coincide with an ..."
"Physical description; 166 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes a pamphlet with the list of exhibits loosely inserted. Translated from Russian. "Published for the exhibition ... held at The Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre, London EC2 from 29 January to 26 April 1987." Includes bibliographical references (p. 161) and index. Subjects; Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh (Russia) - Exhibitions. Clothing and dres ..."