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Catherine the Great : art for empire : masterpieces from the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg /

A collector of many lovers during her 34-year reign as Czarina of Russia at the end of the 18th century, Catherine the Great collected art as well. The extraordinary treasures she amassed for her Winter Palace, which is now the Hermitage Museum, laid the foundation for one of the worlds great collec...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Art Gallery of Ontario, Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
Other Authors: Bondil, Nathalie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montréal : Gand, Belgium : Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ; Snoeck, ©2005.
Subjects:
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796.
Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia) > Catalogs.
Art > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > Catalogs.
Art > Russie > Saint-Pétersbourg > Catalogues.
Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
Art.
Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg.
Ermitaget.
Catalog
Exhibition catalogues.
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs.
Catalogues.
Table of Contents:
  • Essays.