Эрмитаж в de Nieuwe Kerk на Даме (до 18 апреля)

Anna · 15 дек 2003

Love from the Hermitage

LOVE FROM DE HERMITAGE
250 masterpieces tell a never-ending story
Love is timeless and universal. Down the ages, regardless of war and violence, progress, technical innovation and changing social structures, love has remained the most important human emotion. So it is not by chance that love is the subject most often chosen in art. With this in mind, De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam has made a selection from the extensive collection of one of the most famous museums in the world, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. As a result, from 12 December 2003 on the Dam in Amsterdam more than 250 masterpieces from this museum will tell the moving and everlasting story of love. The exhibition includes great works by such artists as Rodin, Lorenzo Lotto, Franзois Boucher, Anthony van Dyck, Kees van Dongen and Maurice Denis, but also spectacular examples of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Russian and Asian art and rarely seen works from the Hermitage's treasure rooms. This presentation is the final event in the Netherlands in a series commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg.

The exhibition is arranged thematically, so that works from various ages and cultures are shown next to each other: an Egyptian mother and child beside a 19th-century French version, a Greek marriage diadem next to Tsar Alexander II's wedding costume. The bounds are set by the Hermitage's rich holdings. World famous for its painting collection, the museum also has superb works of classical art, Western sculpture, Russian folk art and art from countries like Turkmenistan, China, Japan, Syria and Korea.

After a stroll in the Garden of Love, the visitor is introduced to love between married couples, families, brothers and sisters, and mother and child before entering the fantastic, strange and very human love stories from mythology and the Bible. But love has its own rituals: falling in love, being betrothed and getting married are highlighted in a special section. And then there is love for sale - true love or not? The exhibition closes with the triumph of love in touching symbols: hearts, doves and cupids.

The exhibition also marks the culmination of cooperation between the Hermitage and De Nieuwe Kerk. After the earlier successful exhibitions like The Gold of the Scythians, Catherine the Great and The Wealth of Stroganov, at the beginning of 2004 the Hermitage will open the first phase of Hermitage Amsterdam.

From then on, temporary exhibitions from the rich collection in St. Petersburg will be seen there.
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