The State Hermitage Museum
2 Palace Square
Sankt-Peterburg
Saint Petersburg
191186
RU
Icon, St John the Baptist. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: Early 14th century. Place: Byzantium, Athos. Technique: tempera on panel lined with canvas. Dimensions: 66x39x2,2 cm. The collection of the State Hermitage includes over 3 million works of art and world culture artefacts. It contains paintings, graphic works, sculptures, works of applied art, archaeological artefacts and numismatic objects. The Hermitage is considered to have been founded in 1764, when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of works from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. The museum celebrates the anniversary of its founding each year on 7 December, St. Catherine’s Day. Opening Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 10.30-18.00 Wednesday, Friday: 10.30-21.00 Closed: Monday.
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Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and P...
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Head of a Female Saint, Fresco transferred to panel, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 12th-14th cent...
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The Annunciation, Manuscript. Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Dimensions: Leaf: 20.6...
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Small steatite icon of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple , in high relief. Period: Late By...
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Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros, Period: Late Byzantine, 13th century. The museum is open...
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Fragment of an Icon of the Crucifixion with Mary Magdalen and the Virgin Mary. Material: Steatite...
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Altar Cloth or Podea. Period: Late Byzantine, circa: late 14th century. Made in: probably Greece ...
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Seal, John Tarchaneiotes, Period: Late Byzantine, 13 th. century. (second half). St. John the Ba...
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Cameo; red glass; quadrangular; Period: 13thC, Late Byzantine. Figure of St John the Baptist in r...
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The Agony in the Garden, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 1200 to 1299 A.D. Place: Nica...
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The Last Supper, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 13th century, Place: Nicaea, Modern Turkey. (crea...
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Relief icon; Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 14-15th c. carved white steatite in the shape of half...
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The Descent into Limbo, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Dimensions: Leaf: 20.6 × 14....
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Glass Cameo, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 13th century A.D. Brick-red, opaque; on the front, th...
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Benediction Cross, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200s-1400s. Materials: black schist, gold, sil...
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Saint Luke, Manuscript. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: late 13th century. Place (created): Consta...
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Molivdovul. Manuel I Comnenus, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1143-1180. Material: lead. The co...
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Icon of St George, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Material: soapstone. Dimensions: ...
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Cross, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century, Materials: golad and garnet. Dimensions: ...
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Fragment of a Necklace Consisting of Eight Coins, Period: Early Byzantine. circa: Between 637 and...
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Diptych Showing Twelve Festive Scenes, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Late 10th century. Materi...
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Two Thirds of Miliarensis, Minted in Constantinople. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1042-1055. ...
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Hyperpyron, Ruler: Alexius I, Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Between 1092 and 1118. Material: g...
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Christ Pantocrator with Donators, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: Circa 1363. Technique: tempera o...
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Ring Decorated with a Monogram, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 7th century. Found: Pereshchepina...
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Necklace, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th century. Made in Constantinople. Material: gold. Te...
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Cross, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th c. Made in: Constantinople. Material: gold. Dimensions...
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Triptych Showing the Forty Martyrs, Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Late 11th – early 12th...
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Leaf of the Consular Diptych of Areobindus, Period: Early Byzantine, Date: 506, School: Constanti...
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Miliarensis of Basil II and Constantine VIII, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Between 989 and 10...
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Central Part of Triptych: Christ Pantocrator. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: Second half of 13th ...