The Hermitage’s founding monarchs

1. Peter I

Enrico Belli after an original by Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723)

Oil on canvas, 239.7 x 147.5 cm

Mid-19th century

2. Catherine II

Giovanni Battista Lampi I (1751-1830)

Oil on canvas, 290 x 208 cm

1793. Signed and dated

3. Nicholas I

Anonymous painter after an original by Yegor Botman

Oil on canvas, 263 x 199 cm

Mid-19th century

4-5. Pair of Armchairs from the Winter Palace

Saint Petersburg. Designed by Carlo Rossi.

Conifer and birch wood; carved and gilded. Modern upholstery

Ca. 1819

6-7. Pair of Armchairs from the Anichkov Palace

Saint Petersburg. Designed by Carlo Rossi.

Conifer and birch wood; carved and gilded. Modern upholstery

1817

Saint Petersburg and the Hermitage

8. View of the Palace Courtyard and the Winter Palace from the Start of Nevsky Prospect

Benjamin Patersson (1750-1815)

Oil on canvas, 64.7 x 99.4 cm

1801. Signed and dated

9. The Embankment of Vasilievsky Island and the Fine Arts Academy

Benjamin Patersson (1750-1815)

Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 93.5 cm

Ca. 1799

10. The Neva Gate of the Peter and Paul Fortress and the Commandant’s Wharf

Benjamin Patersson (1750-1815)

Oil on canvas, 68.4 x 85 cm

Before 1797

11. View of the Taurida Palace from the Garden

Benjamin Patersson (1750-1815)

Oil on canvas, 57.5 x 89.5 cm

Before 1797

12. View of Sennaya Square

Benjamin Patersson (1750-1815)

Oil on canvas, 58 x 90 cm

Before 1797

13. Sadovaya Street with the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas and the Market

Benjamin Patersson (1750-1815)

Oil on canvas, 69 x 89 cm

Ca. 1800. Signed and dated

14. The Library of the Hermitage

Aleksei Vasilievich Tyranov (1808-1859)

Oil on canvas, 94 x 73.1 cm

1826

15. Perspectival View of the Military Gallery

Grigori Grigorievich Chernetsov (1802-1865)

Oil on canvas, 121 x 93 cm

1827

16. View of the Rotunda of the Winter Palace

Yefim Tujarinov

Oil on canvas, 104 x 81 cm

1834. Signed

17. View of the Empress Maria Fyodorovna’s Throne Room in the Winter Palace

Yevgraf Fyodorovich Krendovski (1810-after 1853)

Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 120 cm

1830 - 1835

18. View of the Room of Peter the Great (The Small Throne Room)

Sergey Konstantinovich Zarianko (1818-1870)

Oil on canvas, 85.8 x 109.5 cm

1837. Signed

19. View of the Pavilion Room in the Small Hermitage

Piotr Vasilievich Tutukin (1813-1900)

Oil on canvas, 119 x 151.2 cm

1857

20-21. Pair of jasper Vases

Russia, Peterhof Lapidary Workshop

Orsk jasper, bronze

Early 19th century

Nomadic Eurasian gold

22. Belt buckle with a fighting gryphon, tiger and yak

Gold and turquoises, 10 x 15.1  cm

4th to 3rd centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

23. Belt buckle with a monster attacking a horse

Gold, 8.2 x 12.3 cm

4th to 3rd centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

24. Belt buckle with a tiger and fantastical beast fighting

Gold, 10 x 16.8 cm

4th to 3rd centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

25. Spiral arm-band with zoomorphic figures

Gold, Diameter, 10 cm

4th to 3rd centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

26. Spiral torque with zoomorphic figures

Gold, turquoises and glass paste, Diameter, 33 cm

4th to 3rd centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

27. Torque with predatory animal terminals

Gold and turquoises, Diameter, 25 cm

5th to 3rd centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

28. Vessel with zoomorphic handles

Gold, Diameter, 16 cm; height, 10.2 cm

5th to 4th centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

29. Phalera (piece of horse harness)

Gold and turquoises, Diameter, 12.3 cm

3rd to 1st centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

30. Decorative element with a gryphon attacking a goat

Gold and enamel, 15.6 х 16 cm

4th to 3rd centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

31. Belt buckle with figures beneath a tree

Gold, 12.3 x 16.1 cm

5th to 4th centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

32. Plaque-hair ornament with fantastic beast

Gold, 4.3 x 7.6 cm

5th to 3rd centuries BC

Peter I’s Siberian Collection

33. Comb with battle scene

Gold, 12.6 x 10.2 cm

Late 5th – early 4th centuries BC

Northern Black Sea, mouth of the Dnieper

34. Bracelet

Gold, turquoises and coral, Diameter, 7.5 cm

1st century AD

Jojlach kurgan, Rostovskaia Oblast, city of Novocherkassk

35. Vessel with zoomorphic handle

Gold, turquoises, coral, glass and filler, Height, 7.5 cm; diameter, 9.2 cm

1st century AD

Jojlach kurgan, Rostovskaia Oblast, city of Novocherkassk

36. Flask with zoomorphic figures

Gold, coral and paste, Height, 7 cm; diameter (body) 5.8 cm

1st century AD

Jojlach kurgan, Rostovskaia Oblast, city of Novocherkassk

37-38. Pair of jasper Vases

Russia, Peterhof Lapidary Workshop

Orsk jasper, bronze

Early 19th century

Greek gold

39. Bracelet with deer and gryphons

Gold, Diameter, 8 cm; height, 5.6 cm

4th century BC

Kul-Oba tumulus (outskirts of Panticapea near Kerch, Eastern Crimea)

40. Torque with Scythian riders

Gold and enamel, Diameter, 26 cm

4th century BC

Kul-Oba tumulus (outskirts of Panticapea near Kerch, Eastern Crimea)

41. Phiale (libation vessel)

Gold, 23 x 2.5 cm

4th century BC

Kul-Oba tumulus (outskirts of Panticapea near Kerch, Eastern Crimea)

42. Pendant with the head of Athena Parthenos

Gold and enamel, 18.5 х 7.3 cm

4th century BC

Kul-Oba tumulus (outskirts of Panticapea near Kerch, Eastern Crimea)

43. Earring with pendant element in the form of a boat

Gold and enamel, Height, 9.1 cm

4th century BC

Kul-Oba tumulus (outskirts of Panticapea near Kerch, Eastern Crimea)

44. Diadem with knot of Hercules

Gold, almandine garnet, glass and enamel, Diameter, 20 cm

2nd century BC

Artiujov tumulus (Taman Peninsula, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea)

45. Bead necklace

Gold, almandine garnets and amber, Length, 47.5 cm

2nd century BC

Artiujov tumulus (Taman Peninsula, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea)

46-47. Earrings with pendant elements in the form of a dove

Gold, grossular, glass and enamel, Height, 6.3 and 6.5 cm

2nd century BC

Artiujov tumulus (Taman Peninsula, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea)

48. Pin with pendant element

Gold, almandine garnet, cornelian, beryl, glass, glass paste and enamel, Pin length, 7.7 cm; Pendant length, 7.2 cm

2nd century BC

Artiujov tumulus (Taman Peninsula, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea)

49. Ring with the top in the form of a sole

Gold, almandine garnet and glass paste, Diameter, 2.5 cm

2nd century BC

Artiujov tumulus (Taman Peninsula, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea)

Painting, sculpture and drawings

50. The Virgin and Child

Albrecht Dürer

Charcoal on paper, 425 x 242 mm

Ca. 1515

51. Philoctetes

Antonio Lombardo

White marble with coloured inlays, 40 x 22.2 x 6.4 cm

Ca. 1510

52. Faun

Baccio Bandinelli (?)

Marble, 76 x 42 x 40 cm

1540 - 1549

53. Charles IX of France

François Clouet

Black and red chalk on paper, 331 x 225 mm

1566

54. Rest on the Flight into Egypt with Saint Justina

Lorenzo Lotto

Oil on canvas, 83 x 103.5 cm

1529 - 1530

(exhibited until 25 March)

55. Saint Sebastian

Tiziano Vecellio

Oil on canvas, 210 x 115.5 cm

Ca. 1576

56. Lamentation over the Body of the dead Christ

Paolo Cagliari, known as Veronese

Oil on canvas, 147 x 112 cm

1576 - 1580

57. The Holy Women at the Tomb of the Risen Christ

Annibale Carracci

Oil on canvas, 121 x 145.5 cm

1597 - 1598

58. Lute Player

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio)

Oil on canvas, 94 x 119 cm

1595 - 1596

59. Saint Peter and Saint Paul

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

Oil on canvas, 121.5 х 105 cm

1587 - 1592

60. Tavern Scene

Diego Velázquez

Oil on canvas, 108.5 x 102 cm

Ca. 1617

61. Saint Sebastian attended by the Holy Women

José de Ribera

Oil on canvas, 156.5 x 188 cm

1628

62. Still Life

Antonio Pereda

Oil on canvas, 80 x 94 cm

1652

63. Witches with a Cat

Jacob de Gheyn

Pen and grey-brown ink on paper, 244 x 153 mm

Ca. 1610

64. Winter Landscape with Skaters on the Ice

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Black chalk, pen and grey-brown ink and blue-grey wash on paper,192 x 270 mm

1611

65. Study of the ancient sculpture known as the “African Fisherman” or “Seneca”

Peter Paul Rubens

Black chalk with touches of red chalk on paper, 460 x 320 mm

1601 - 1608

66. Landscape with a Wagon carrying Stones

Peter Paul Rubens

Oil on canvas (originally on panel, transferred to canvas in 1823), 86 х 126.5 cm

Ca. 1615 - 1620

67. Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Anthony van Dyck

Black chalk on paper, 230 x 190 mm

1628 - 1632

68. Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby, as a Knight of the Order of the Garter

Anthony van Dyck

Oil on canvas, 223 х 130.6 cm

Late 1630s

69. Portrait of a Scholar

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Oil on canvas, 104 x 92 cm

1631

70. The Fall of Haman (Haman is commanded to honour Mordecai)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Oil on canvas, 128 x 116.5 cm

1660 - 1665

71. Portrait of a Man

Frans Hals

Oil on canvas, 80 x 66.5 cm

Ca. 1640

72. Guard Dog

Paulus Potter

Oil on canvas, 96.5 х 132 cm

Ca. 1650 - 1652

73. Still Life with Glasses and Fruit

Willem Kalf

Oil on canvas, 105 х 87.5 cm

1653 - 1654

74. The Doctor’s Visit

Gabriel Metsu

Oil on canvas, 61.5 х 47.5 cm

1660 - 1665

75. Visiting Grandmother

Louis Le Nain

Oil on canvas, 58 x 73 cm

1645 - 1648

76. Moses with the Tablets of the Law

Philippe de Champaigne

Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 74.5 cm

1648

77. Landscape

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

Pen, brown ink and wash on paper, 184 x 282 mm

1636 - 1638

78. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Terracotta, 45 x 35 x 22 cm

Ca. 1647

79. Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Nicolas Poussin

Oil on canvas, 106 x 146 cm

1657

80. Ambassador Piotr Ivanovich Potemkin

Godfrey Kneller

Oil on canvas, 135 х 103.5 cm

1681 - 1682

81. Porphyry Vase

1851 - 1854

Russia, Kolyvan workshop

The Hermitage, Setting for the Court

82. Ceremonial Court Dress in red Velvet and white Silk

Saint Petersburg, maison “Izambard Chanceau”

Velvet, silk, lace and gold thread

Second half of the 19th century

83. Uniform of a General of the Household Cavalry Hussars

Dolman, pelisse and breeches

Between 1816 and 1855

Russia

84-85. Insignia and Star of the Order of Saint Andrew

Russia, Saint Petersburg

Gold silver, pink diamonds and rubies

Ca. 1800

86-111. Surtout de table

Pierre-Phillipe Thomire

Paris, gilt bronze, glass, marble

Last quarter of the 18th – first quarter of the 19th century

112-113. Pair of rhodonite Vases

Russia, Ekaterinburg Lapidary Workshop

1827

XVIIIth century painting, sculpture and drawing

114.. Study of a Head of a Woman

Antoine Watteau

Black and red chalk with white highlights on paper, 330 x 230 mm

1710 – 1719

115. Pastoral Scene

François Boucher

Oil on canvas, 61 x 75 cm (oval)

1740 – 1749

116. The Attributes of the Arts and their Rewards

Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin

Oil on canvas, 112 x 140.5 cm

1766

117. The Kreuzkirche in Dresden

Bernardo Bellotto

Oil on canvas, 197 x 187 cm

1751 - 1752

118.  Mercury crowning Philosophy, Mother of the Arts

Роmрeо Girolamo Batoni

Oil on canvas, 120 x 89.5 cm

1747

119. Perseus and Andromeda

Anton Raphael Mengs

Oil on canvas, 227 x 153 cm

1778

120. Voltaire

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Marble, 60 x 52 x 34 cm

1778

121. Head of the Genius of Death

Antonio Canova

Marble, 86 x 36 x 38 cm

122. The penitent Magdalen

Antonio Canova

Marble, 92 x 74 x 78 cm

123. Alexander I of Russia

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Marble, 66 x 54 x 28 cm

1820

Middle- and Far-Eastern Goldsmiths’ Work

China

124. Casket

Silver, 22.8 x 37 x 21.8 cm

China (or Chinese artisans working in Portuguese or Spanish workshops in south-east Asia), first half or middle of the 17th century

125. Tray

Silver, Diameter, 25 cm

Chinese makers in south-east Asia or Goa, 17th century

126. Large hairpin with landscape

Gold, filigree, silver, rubies, sapphires and painting, 22 x 27 cm

China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 16th to 17th centuries

127. Hairpin with flying Phoenix

Gold, silver, stones and painting, Height of the hairpin, 10 cm; length of the bird, 10 cm

China, 17th century

128. Vessel with handles in the form of a dragon

Silver gilt and enamel, Height, 28.5 cm; diameter, 7.5 cm

China, late 17th – early 18th century

129. Small box in the form of a crab on a leaf

Silver and silver gilt, Length of the crab, 18.5 cm; length of the leaf, 20 cm

China, ca. 1740-60

130. Box in the form of a basket

Silver, silver gilt, silver filigree, watercolour, enamel, 19.5 x 24 x 18 cm

China, 1740-60

India and Central Asia

131. Small table

Gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, enamel and pearls, 10 x 23.7 x 23.7 cm

India, 17th century, signed by the goldsmith and jeweller Situram

132. Rose water sprinkler

India, 17th century

Gold, silver, diamonds, emeralds, rubies and pearls, Height, 28.7 cm

133. Tray

Gold, rubies, emeralds and enamel, Diameter, 28.7 cm

India, 17th century

134. Sword with scabbard

Steel, gold, silver, enamel, emeralds, diamonds, rubies and spinels, Length of sword, 92.5 cm; length of sheath, 85.7 cm

Iran, mid-19th centu

135. Hat with jewelled plume

Gold, emeralds, rubies, spinels, pearls, glass, velvet, leather and feathers, Height with feathers, 34.5 cm; plume, 21.5 cm

Bukhara, Uzbekistan, second half of the 19th cent

136. Jewelled plume

Gold, silver, diamonds, emeralds, precious stones, pearls, glass, paste and feathers

Plume, 28 x 5 х 9 cm; total length with feathers, 45 cm

Bukhara, Uzbekistan, second half of the 19th century

137. Belt

Gold, precious stones, glass, leather, velvet, paste and gold and silver thread

8 x 129 cm; width of the threads, 8.8 cm

Bukhara, Uzbekistan, second half of the 19th century

Europe

138. Pendant

Quartz, gold, enamel, 2.7 х 3.2 cm

London, 1590

139. Pendant with a caravel

Emeralds, gold and enamel, 9.3 х 6 cm

Spain, late 16th century

140. Casket of Eduvigis Jagellón

Silver, precious and semiprecious stones, pearls and enamel, 38.5 х 37 х 18.5 cm

Mark of Nuremberg; dated in 1533

Nuremberg (Germany), 1533

141. Watch with chain

Gold, silver, diamonds, glass, enamel, thin metal sheet and metal alloy

Diameter of the face, 4.6 cm; length, 17.4 cm

1760

Geneva, maker, Dunant

142. Pocket watch with chain

Gold, silver, diamonds, glass, enamel, metal alloy and cloth, Diameter of the face, 4.3 cm; length of the chain, 11.7 cm

Late 1770s – early 1780s

Saint Petersburg, Duval workshop: Louis-David Duval, Mikhail Heinrich Teriong and Sandoz

143. Snuff box with a portrait of the Empress Elizabeth I of Russia

Gold, enamel, diamonds, silver, gouache and glass, 5.2 х 10.1 х 7.1 cm

Saint Petersburg, late 1750s

144. Snuff box belonging to Frederick II, King of Prussia

Gold, diamonds and rubies, 4.7 х 9.6 х 7.9 cm

Ca.1770

Potsdam (Germany), workshop of Frederick the Great

145-146. Chalice and paten

Gold, silver, pink diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, rubies, spinel, enamel, glass and steel

Chalice, 28 х 17 cm; diameter of the paten, 21.3 cm

1677

Saint Petersburg, Moscow Kremlin workshops

147. Vase-candelabra

Gold and enamel, Height, 25.5 cm; base, 7.8 х 7.8 cm

1775 - 1780

Saint Petersburg, Jean-Pierre Ador

148. Bouquet of flowers

Gold, silver, pink diamonds, emeralds, rubies, topazes, aquamarine, garnets, cacholong, turquoise, chrysolites, corals, agate, flint, hessonites, pyrope, rock crystal, glass and cloth

Flowers, 11.7 х 23 cm; vase, 8.5 х 5.5 cm

1740 - 1750

Saint Petersburg, Jérémie Pauzié

149. Bouquet of cornflowers with ears of corn in a vase

Gold, silver, diamonds, enamel and rock crystal, Height, 19 cm

Saint Petersburg, Fabergé workshop, ca. 1900

150-151. Pair of porphyry vases

Rusia, Peterhog workshop

Porohyry, bronze

1830

XIXth and XXth century painting

152. Portrait of a young Woman

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Graphite on paper, 285 x 207 mm

1815

153. Count Nikolai Dimitrievich Guriev

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Oil on canvas, 107 х 86 cm

1821

154. Dawn in the Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich

Oil on canvas, 135 х 170 cm

1823

155. Moonrise: two Men on the Shore

Caspar David Friedrich

Graphite and grey-brown ink wash on paper, 245 x 345 mm

1835 – 1840

156. The Pond at Montgeron

Claude Monet

Oil on canvas, 174 x 194 cm

1876

157. Boy with a Riding Whip

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Oil on canvas, 105 x 75 cm

1885

158. Te avae no Maria (The Month of Mary)

Paul Gauguin

Oil on canvas, 96 x 74.5 cm

1899

159. Ivan Ivanovich Schukin

Ignacio Zuloaga

Oil on canvas, 139 х 89 cm

1899

160. The Kiss of the Sphinx

Franz von Stuck

Charcoal, white highlights and pastel on grey paper, 520 x 460 mm

Ca. 1895

161. Eternal Spring

François-Auguste-René Rodin

Marble, 75.5 x 86 x 53.5 cm

1906

162. Blue Landscape

Paul Cézanne

Oil on canvas, 100.5 x 81 cm

Ca. 1904 - 1906

163. A Tiger attacking a Bull. In the tropical Forest

Henri Rousseau

Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm

Ca. 1908 -1909

164. The Absinthe Drinker

Pablo Picasso

Oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm

1901

165. Boy with a Dog

Pablo Picasso

Wash of opaque pigments and pastel on brown card, 572 x 412 mm

1905

166. Seated Woman

Pablo Picasso

Oil on canvas, 150 x 100 cm

1908

167. Café Table (Bottle of Pernod)

Pablo Picasso

Oil on canvas, 46 x 33 cm

1912

168. Game of Skittles

Henri Matisse

Oil on canvas, 115 x 147 cm

1908

169. Conversation

Henri Matisse

Oil on canvas, 177 x 217 cm

1909 - 1912

170. Henriette III (Large smiling Head)

Henri Matisse

Bronze, 39.5 x 20 x 36 cm

1929

171. Woman in a black Hat

Kees van Dongen

Oil on canvas, 100 x 81.5 cm

1908

172. Girl dressed in black

André Derain

Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.3 cm

Ca. 1913

173. Beethoven, large Tragic Mask

Émile-Antoine Bourdelle

Bronze, 74 x 43 x 36 cm

1901

174. Self-portrait

Chaim Soutine

Oil on canvas, 54 x 30.5 cm

Ca. 1920 - 1921

175. Metaphysical Still life

Giorgio Morandi

Oil on canvas, 71.5 х 61.5 cm

1918

176. Prose of the Trans-Siberian and of Little Jehanne of France

Sonia Delaunay-Terk

Watercolour and typography with coloured inks, 1,980 x 355 mm

1913

177. Composition VI

Wassily Kandinsky

Oil on canvas, 194 x 300 cm

1913

178. Composition

Fernand Léger

Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm

1924

179. Black Square

Kazimir Malevich

Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 53.5 cm

Ca. 1932