Peter the Great: an inspired Tsar exhibition
Exhibitions / Amsterdam09 March - 13 September, 9am - 5pm
The Hermitage Amsterdam will feature a major exhibition, spanning seven months, on the unconventional and innovative Russian Tsar Peter the Great (1672-1725) with many paintings and artefacts from the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Greatly responsible for modernising Russia, Peter the Great even used Amsterdam’s canal ring as inspiration for the foundation of St. Petersburg!
"Portrait of Peter the Great Russia," unidentified artist, after Jean-Marc Nattier, after 1717, Oil on canvas. 142.5 х 110 cm © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
2013 not only marks an exciting 400 years of Amsterdam’s famous canal ring but also a special relationship between the Netherlands and Russia. The two countries have been major trading partners since the Dutch Golden Age.
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