Masterpieces from the Russian Museum

The collection of the Russian Museum is called an encyclopedia of the Russian pictorial art. The exhibition titled Masterpieces from the Russian Museum represents a brief and succinct guide into the history of the Russian art.

Artwork from various historical epochs are on display at the exhibition: from ancient 12th century icons to Soviet historical landscapes. Among the exhibits, one can see one of the biggest paintings in the world The Copper Serpent and a unique mosaic portrait of Elizaveta Petrovna made of hundreds of fine mosaic pieces. The names of some pictures are widely popular so they have become like common household names: The Last Day of Pompeii, Barge Haulers on the Volga, and The Ninth Wave.

The virtual guide will tell you stories behind the creation of these masterpieces, about their authors revealing unusual and little known facts pertaining to familiar works of art.

Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.