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. A group of soldiers or sailors are marching along the street
Picture No
10430927
Media ID
46668385
Size
5623px x 3995px
(2.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
St Petersburg Album, John Massey Stewart Collection
Date
circa 1903
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