  
The State Hermitage Museum, in the heart of historic St. Petersburg, occupies an ensemble of magnificent buildings on the bank of the River Neva. The grandest of all is the Winter Palace—the former residence of the Russian czars—designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli and constructed from 1754 to 1762. Within the walls of this artistic enclave reside the Hermitage collections, about three million works that trace the development of world art and culture from the Stone Age to today.
Selected from this monumental trove are the thirty paintings featured in this book of postcards. The renowned collections of the State Hermitage Museum (and this book) include works by Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Palma il Vecchio, Jan Provost, Joos van Cleve, and many other worldwide favorites.
Pomegranate’s books of postcards contain thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy, artful collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. Note: postcards are oversized and may require additional postage.
size: 6 1/2 x 4 3/4"
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