Collections of the Russian Museum
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Among the collections of the Russian Museum
Russian Museum
The State Russian Museum is the largest depository of Russian fine art in St Petersburg....

in St Petersbugh in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 are some of the greatest pieces of Russian art in the world.

The Museum houses collections of sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

, objets d'art
Work of art
A work of art, artwork, art piece, or art object is an aesthetic item or artistic creation.The term "a work of art" can apply to:*an example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture*a fine work of architecture or landscape design...

, drawings and paintings including the famous picture gallery.

18th-19th century

  • The Last Day of Pompeii
    The Last Day of Pompeii
    The Last Day of Pompeii is a large canvas painted by Russian artist Karl Briullov in 1830-33.The Russian painter visited the site of Pompeii in 1828 and made numerous sketches. Depicting the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, the completed canvas was exhibited in Rome to rapturous reviews of critics...

    by Karl Brullov
  • Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
    Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
    Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, also known as Cossacks of Saporog Are Drafting a Manifesto , is a painting by Russian artist Ilya Repin. The 2.03 m by 3.58 m canvas was started in 1880 and finished in 1891. Repin recorded the years of work along the...

    by Ilya Repin
  • Portrait of Murtaza Kuli Khan by Vladimir Borovikovsky
    Vladimir Borovikovsky
    Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky was a Russian painter who dominated Russian portraiture at the turn of the 19th century.-Biography:Vladimir Borovikovsky was born Vоlоdymyr Borovyk in Myrhorod on July 24, 1757. His father, Luka Borovyk was a Ukrainian Cossack and an amateur icon painter...

  • The Brazen Serpent by Fidelio Bruni
  • The Ninth Wave
    The Ninth Wave
    The Ninth Wave is perhaps the most impressive and well-known painting by Russian marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky; it was painted in 1850.-The painting:...

    by Ivan Aivazovsky
    Ivan Aivazovsky
    Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky July 29, 1817 – May 5, 1900) was a Russian world-renowned painter of Armenian descent living and working in Crimea, most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than half of his paintings...

  • Phrine at the Festival of Poseidon at the Eleusinia by Henryk Siemiradzki
    Henryk Siemiradzki
    Henryk Siemiradzki was a Polish 19th century painter active in the period of foreign Partitions of Poland, and best remembered for his monumental Academic art...

  • Christ's Appearance to St Mary Magdalene by Alexander Ivanov
    Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov
    Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov , 1806 – July 15 , 1858) was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries....

  • Portrait of Maria Rumyantseva by Alexey Antropov
  • Bogatyr
    Bogatyr
    The bogatyr was a medieval heroic warrior of Kievan Rus' and the Novgorodian Republic, akin to a Western European knight errant.- Kievan Rus' :...

    by Viktor Vasnetsov
    Viktor Vasnetsov
    Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov , 1848 — Moscow, July 23, 1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. He was described as co-founder of folklorist/romantic modernism in the Russian painting and a key figure of the revivalist movement in Russian art.- Childhood ...

  • Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Violet Dress by Evgraf Fedorovich Krendovsky

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