Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
The Hermitage's collection of art from the time of dragons and knights covers the thousand years following the fall of Rome, and includes extraordinary works of art created exclusively for the Roman Catholic Church.
This 18-part series examines the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, in all its glory. Here is the art of Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Picasso, Matisse, Velasquez, El Greco, Rubens, Renoir, the great classical sculptors, the artisans of ancient China, Greece and Egypt, and more. Filmed when the museum was off limits to Western eyes for nearly a century, and before the Fall of the Soviet Union.
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The Hermitage's collection of art from the time of dragons and knights covers the thousand years following the fall of Rome, and includes extraordinary works of art created exclusively for the Roman Catholic Church.
This 18-part series examines the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, in all its glory. Here is the art of Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Picasso, Matisse, Velasquez, El Greco, Rubens, Renoir, the great classical sculptors, the artisans of ancient China, Greece and Egypt, and more. Filmed when the museum was off limits to Western eyes for nearly a century, and before the Fall of the Soviet Union.
Subscribe for more episodes of the Hermitage Masterpieces
#history #arthistory #arthistory101 #arthistorian
