Go See – Amsterdam: The Russian Hermitage Museum’s new Permanent Site in Amsterdam – Inaugural Exhibition ‘At The Russian Court’ through January 31, 2010
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Hermitage Amsterdam, via HUM3.
The Hermitage Amsterdam opened its doors on June 20, the first branch of the State Museum in the West. Housed in the Amstelhof, originally built as a charitable home in the the 1680’s, the Hermitage Amsterdam “is the culmination of nearly two decades of planning,” says Ernst W. Veen, Managing Director of Hermitage Amsterdam. The museum itself will be supported by sponsorship and admission, functioning, continues Veen, as “a continuation of more than 300 years of close ties between Amsterdam and St Petersburg.” Accordingly, The inaugural exhibition presents over 1,800 works drawn from the holdings of the State Hermitage Museum. Per Hermitage Amsterdam, the show is “a scholarly researched exploration of the opulent material culture, elaborate social hierarchy and richly layered traditions of the Tsarist court at its height in the 19th century.”
Related links:
Hermitage Amsterdam
The State Hermitage Museum
Ghostly walk among the Tsars [FT]
Carousel of treasures [Economist]
Wedding of Nicholas II and Grand Princess Alexandra Fyodorovna at the Grand Church of the Winterpalace (1895, oil painting), at Hermitage Amsterdam.
