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From France to London via Saint Petersburg. (Report from Europe).(Catherine the Great's collection of French art)(Brief Article)
The Empress Catherine II (the Great), when she occupied the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, was an avaricious collector determined to bring the best of European culture to her northern capital. As French was the language of the Russian court, French artworks were high on her list.
The second exhibition to be held in the Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House in London, like the first, draws on the Hermitage collection, in this case drawings and paintings. Entitled French Drawings and Paintings from ...
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