Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Trace the journey of the Gonzaga Cameo from the necks of Cleopatra and Josephine to Catherine the Great as Russia strove to emulate the scope and power of the great civilizations of the past. The Hermitage's collection of Greek and Roman art is one of the largest in the world.
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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Trace the journey of the Gonzaga Cameo from the necks of Cleopatra and Josephine to Catherine the Great as Russia strove to emulate the scope and power of the great civilizations of the past. The Hermitage's collection of Greek and Roman art is one of the largest in the world.
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
