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Clive Moss | profile | all galleries >> Travel Pics >> Eastern Europe - July 2004 >> Decompression -- St. Petersburg >> The Hermitage - Day 2 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

By Train from Vilnius to St Petersburg | Around St Petersburg - Day 1 | The Hermitage - Day 2 | At the Mariinsky Ballet | Around St. Petersburg - Day 3

The Hermitage - Day 2

A most magnificent Museum. It is distinguished from many of the other major museums of Europe in that its treasures were purchased, rather than acquired by conquest.
Another dreary day in St. Petersburg
Another dreary day in St. Petersburg
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A magnificent mosaic - incredibly fine detail
A student making a copy
A student making a copy
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Why artists are artists
Room after room of Impressionist masters
Room after room of Impressionist masters
u6/chmoss/medium/32741734.2004071603.39.18IMG_7832webbed.jpg These colors are close to the original -- very different from the poster that I have
These colors are close to the original -- very different from the poster that I have
The guard thought I was too close to the painting
The guard thought I was too close to the painting
The windows were open...
The windows were open...
...so of course I took pictures...
...so of course I took pictures...
... the huddled crowds
... the huddled crowds
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