Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 2209: Raphael Gallery

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During the march, Mikhail introduced the Hermitage Museum to everyone, with a sense of pride in his words.

“The Hermitage Museum is one of the four major museums in the world, ranking first in the world in terms of collections, along with the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum in London, and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

This museum was originally the private residence of Empress Catherine II. Because of her love for art and collections, Catherine II purchased approximately 250 paintings from Berlin in 1764.

These include outstanding works by top art masters such as Rembrandt and Rubens. After these paintings were transported to St. Petersburg, Catherine II stored them in the newly built wing of the Winter Palace.

The name of this new wing is the Hermitage, which is Old French and means 'Hidden Palace'. The Hermitage Museum got its name from this and it has continued to become one of the four major museums in the world. .

The Hermitage Museum is the most important landmark building in St. Petersburg and the most important art museum in Russia. It is also the most typical representative of Russian Baroque architecture in the eighteenth century.

The main building is the Winter Palace, the palace of the Russian Czar, located on the Winter Palace Square, adjacent to the south bank of the Neva River. It is the most dazzling pearl of St. Petersburg and the most spectacular historical building on the Neva River.

In more than two hundred years of development, the Hermitage Museum has continued to expand in size, and eventually became a huge ancient building complex including six royal palaces with a total area of more than 1.3 million square meters.

The six palaces are the Winter Palace, Little Hermitage, Old Hermitage, Hermitage Reserve, Hermitage Theater, New Hermitage, along the Neva embankment Distributed, connected to each other and coordinated in layout.

Without exception, each of these six 18th-century Russian Baroque-style royal palace buildings is tall, majestic, unique, gorgeous and elegant, and each building is a classic.

The Hermitage Museum is not only famous for its Baroque architectural classics in various styles, but also for its extensive and rare collection of culture and art, making it one of the four major museums in the world.

At present, the Hermitage Museum has a collection of more than three million pieces of art from ancient times to the present, including paintings, sculptures, archaeological artifacts, ancient coins and many other categories.

If a person visits the Hermitage Museum and wants to see all the antiques and art collected in the museum, even if he only stands in front of each exhibit for three minutes, it will take sixteen years.

Not counting the other five palaces, the Winter Palace alone has 1,057 rooms for displaying collections and 117 staircases. If you want to visit all 353 open exhibition halls of the museum, the journey is 22 kilometers away.

In these 353 exhibition halls, five percent of the Hermitage's total treasure collection is displayed. Even if you look at one piece per minute, it would take a quarter of sleepless time to see all these exhibits."

"Yes, this is the reason why I will only visit the Department of Western European Art and the Department of Oriental Ethnic Culture today and tomorrow, and I can only take a quick look at them. The Hermitage's collection is so rich that I can't see it in a short time. It’s impossible to finish watching it”

Ye Tian continued, with a hint of regret in his tone.

"Wow! This scale is too exaggerated. It seems that visiting the Hermitage Museum and admiring various exquisite antiques and art is also an activity that requires a lot of mental and physical energy."

David exclaimed in a low voice, as were the other employees and security personnel of the Intrepid Exploration Company, who were all shocked by the sheer size of the Hermitage Museum.

Seeing their performance, the pride in Mikhail's eyes suddenly became stronger, and the other Russians who were traveling with him felt proud.

For them, the Hermitage Museum is Russia and the brightest pearl of St. Petersburg, and it is indeed worthy of their pride.

While talking, everyone had already walked up the stairs to the second floor of the museum.

What appeared in front of everyone was a magnificent and tall corridor, leading directly to the depths of the museum.

This is a typical Baroque style building with some Russian cultural characteristics. It is tall, majestic and magnificent. The color contrast between the architecture and decoration is strong, giving people a strong visual impact.

In this splendid corridor, from the floor to the walls, to the window lattice facing the river, to the ceiling, to the crystal chandelier, etc., almost every place and everything is radiating golden light.

The Russians used gilding and inlay techniques to completely decorate this Baroque-style corridor into a golden corridor.

The first time they saw this golden corridor, everyone stopped in unison and admired the scenery in front of them. They were all shocked by it.

The Russians used gilding and inlay techniques to completely decorate this Baroque-style corridor into a golden corridor.

At the same time, Mikhail's voice kept coming, introducing this golden corridor to everyone.

"Gentlemen, what you are seeing now is one of the treasures of the Hermitage Museum, the Raphael Gallery. This beautiful corridor is a replica of the gallery of the Papal Palace in the Vatican.

The first time they saw this golden corridor, everyone stopped in unison and admired the scenery in front of them. They were all shocked by it.

In 1775, Catherine II visited the Papal Palace Gallery in the Vatican and after seeing a series of murals by Raphael, she was deeply shocked and had the idea of reviving the murals.

At the same time, Mikhail's voice kept coming, introducing this golden corridor to everyone.

Next, she sent a painter to the Vatican to copy the murals on canvas, then brought them back to St. Petersburg, and built this golden corridor according to the Papal Gallery in the Vatican.

"Gentlemen, what you are seeing now is one of the treasures of the Hermitage Museum, the Raphael Gallery. This beautiful corridor is a replica of the gallery of the Papal Palace in the Vatican.

This is a long corridor with a complicated structure, with a continuous semi-dome on the top. The pillars, vaults, and end faces of the round arches are inlaid with various patterns and decorated with a large number of gold carvings.

In 1775, Catherine II visited the Papal Palace Gallery in the Vatican and after seeing a series of murals by Raphael, she was deeply shocked and had the idea of reviving the murals.

During World War II, the authorities were worried that the Nazis would loot these precious gold carvings, so the authorities removed all the gold carvings here. What everyone sees now are basically gilt carvings! ”

"Even if they are just gilt carvings, they are brilliant enough and breathtaking, making everyone almost unable to open their eyes!"

Next, she sent a painter to the Vatican to copy the murals on canvas, then brought them back to St. Petersburg, and built this golden corridor according to the Papal Gallery in the Vatican.

Ye Tian continued and expressed a few words of emotion.

The rest of the people looked dazzled and were shocked by the extremely luxurious corridor in front of them.

After a pause, Mikhail continued:

"Even if they are just gilt carvings, they are brilliant enough and breathtaking, making everyone almost unable to open their eyes!"

"The Raphael Corridor is composed of thirteen parts, separated by tall arches. Viewed from the stairway, this long corridor gives people a sense of harmonious extension.

Ye Tian continued and expressed a few words of emotion.

The decorative paintings on the walls on both sides are called grotesque paintings, which combine fantasy with the world of animals and plants. A variety of antique artworks are displayed here, mainly musical instruments, human bodies and ancient Greek statues.

The rest of the people looked dazzled and were shocked by the extremely luxurious corridor in front of them.

On the ceiling of the vault, fifty-two biblical stories, including "Genesis", are depicted. These oil paintings are also called the Raphael Bible. Not far along the corridor is the Raphael Hall.

After a pause, Mikhail continued:

Because some Italian black-glazed pottery is displayed, the Raphael Hall is also called the black-glazed pottery hall, but the most important exhibits in this exhibition hall are two paintings by the Renaissance art master Raphael.

They are Raphael's "Madonna and Child" and "Holy Family". Even in the Hermitage, which prides itself on collecting fine Western paintings and is proud of the world's major museums, they are the treasures of the museum.

"The Raphael Corridor is composed of thirteen parts, separated by tall arches. Viewed from the stairway, this long corridor gives people a sense of harmonious extension.

In addition to these two treasures of the museum, the Raphael Hall also displays several other top-notch works of art, such as the sculpture "The Little Boy Dies on a Dolphin" created by Lorenzo based on Raphael's sketch. ,..."

Hearing this, how can anyone still stand?

The next moment, Ye Tian couldn’t wait to say:

On the ceiling of the vault, fifty-two biblical stories including "Genesis" are depicted. These oil paintings are also called the Raphael Bible. Not far along the corridor is the Raphael Hall.

"Mikhail, let's go to the Raphael Hall now and take a good look at those priceless top works of art. As for the Raphael Gallery and other antique artworks displayed in the gallery, Check back later

Especially the palm-sized but famous Raphael painting, "The Madonna and Child", I have long wanted to come and appreciate it. Since I came to the Hermitage this time, I naturally can't miss it. A top-notch piece of art"

Not only him, but everyone else at the scene also had the same idea, wishing they could enter the Raphael Hall immediately and see those priceless top-notch works of art.

Mikhail looked at Ye Tian, then nodded with a smile and said:

After hearing this, how can anyone still stand?

"Please come with me, let's go to the Raphael Hall and appreciate the treasures of our museum"

The next moment, Ye Tian couldn’t wait to say:

After saying that, Mikhail made an invitation gesture, then led Ye Tian and the others into the Raphael Corridor and walked straight to the Raphael Hall.

"Mikhail, let's go to the Raphael Hall now and take a good look at those priceless top works of art. As for the Raphael Gallery and other antique artworks displayed in the gallery, Check back later

A few minutes later, the group of them entered the Raphael Hall.

As soon as he entered here and just took a look at the environment in the exhibition hall, Ye Tian secretly complained.