Language: Russian/French 03-09.08 Guests will have a unique opportunity to join a one-hour walk aimed at discovering the “traces” of the great Raphael Sanzio in European art. The Hermitage houses two paintings by the High Renaissance master — and the walk will begin precisely in the Raphael Room. Together with the research associates of the Department of Western European Fine Art, Zoya Kuptsova and Vasily Uspensky, participants of the Hermitage Evening will pass through the most beautiful halls of the New Hermitage, and the walk will conclude in the Raphael Loggias, built after the model of the famous Vatican gallery. [...]

Language: Russian/French 27.07-02.08 You will meet again with Vladislav Statkevich, who will talk about large-format still lifes and animalistic works by Frans Snyders, Abraham Brueghel, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, and Peter Boel. You will learn how and why such grandiose works were created and what they reveal about the Flemish “art of living.” Afterwards, guests will have an exclusive chance to “visit” the restoration laboratory of the State Hermitage Museum and hear first-hand how the preparation of these enormous paintings for the exhibition was carried out. Specialists in the restoration of easel painting will share the details. As last time, Mikhail [...]

Languages: Russian / French 20-27.07 The exhibition “Ars Vivendi” was held in 2024 in the largest hall of the Winter Palace — the Nicholas Hall. This large-scale project brought together more than 70 paintings by Flemish masters of still life and animal painting from the flourishing era of 17th-century Flanders, as well as works of decorative and applied art. The exhibition immersed visitors in the Baroque world of Flanders, filled with exotic curiosities, luxurious bouquets, floral garlands, and hunting trophies. The 17th century in Flanders was a time of prosperous trade and cultural refinement. The region was filled with new [...]