On December 23, the final Hermitage Evening of the year — the online event “Raphael’s Line in the Hermitage” — was held on the virtual platform of the Russian House in Brussels.
Participants joined a one-hour virtual tour of the State Hermitage Museum, dedicated to tracing the “footprints” of the great High Renaissance master Raphael Santi in European art. The tour began in the Raphael Room, which houses two paintings by the artist, and continued through some of the most beautiful halls of the New Hermitage.
The tour was led by Zoya Kuptsova and Vasily Uspensky, research fellows of the Hermitage Department of Western European Fine Arts. The final stop of the route was the famous Raphael Loggias, created after the model of the Vatican gallery.
Vasily Uspensky, curator of the Hermitage’s Italian prints collection and curator of numerous exhibitions, also joined the online evening and answered viewers’ questions live.
The State Hermitage Museum noted that in 2026 it will continue to delight and inspire its audience by opening access to unique exhibitions and new cultural and educational projects.
