The city is long and constant interest in art and Russian culture was characterized by the opening of the Hermitage Amsterdam in 2004. Some of the best collections of St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum in Russia are on loan and on display. Part of the 17th Century Amstelhof complex on the banks of the Amstel River, the building is as beautiful Neerlandia classical monumental architecture.
The first and second floor of each house, three exhibition galleries. An educational workshop orChildren's Hermitage is scheduled for the attic. The history of Russia and the Netherlands is inextricably linked. Catherine the Great. who reigned from 1762-1796, was an avid collector, the purchase of approximately 4,000 paintings, thousands of drawings and engravings. He also commissioned work in silver and porcelain, furniture and decorative arts.
In 1697, the 25-year-old Russian Tsar Peter the Great was, in Zaandam (north of Amsterdam) to study the techniques of famous Dutch shipbuilding. If heBack in St. Petersburg had moved to town with beautiful canals similar to those that impressed him so much in Amsterdam. In his study tour in 1697 took more than just tips boat building, and he was able to take home, "my little Dutch," as he referred to his collection of small painted canvases by Dutch masters. The relations were good between the House of Orange and the family of Peter, the Romanovs. Anna Paulownia, the wife of the Dutch King William 11, was the sister of Tsar AlexanderI.
The Hermitage Amsterdam is a great place where you learn a lot about Russian culture and art.
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