Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
View of the ornate portico entrance to the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, decorated with ten huge human figures (atlantes) sculpted from grey granite, installed in 1848. The museum was built in the 1760s to house Catherine II's art collection, and is part of a state museum today, containing nearly three million items
Picture No
10289856
Media ID
46071685
Size
5523px x 3801px
(2.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Unattributed Russian postcard
Date
early 20th century
