Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

ST PETERSBURG 147

. La Danse (1910)
Henri Matisse used strong tones of three
colours – blue, green and red – to heighten
the drama and concentration of the figures,
totally lost in their dance.

Stairs to

first floor

Stairs to

first floor

Stairs to

second floor

Stairs to

second floor,

Numismatic

Collection

only

Greek and

Oriental Gold

Collection

Second
floor

Stairs to

Numismatic

Collection

The Numismatic

Collection consists

of more than

1,115,000 coins

and medals.

The Winter Palace

(see pp150–51) State

Rooms contain magnif-

icent Russian and

European objets d’art.

Statue of Voltaire (1781)

Catherine the Great

corresponded with Voltaire for

over 15 years. She commis -

sion ed a marble statue by

Jean-Antoine Houdon, in

which the French writer is

dressed as a Greek philosopher.

. Ea Haere Ia Oe (1893)
This is one of the first paintings
by Paul Gauguin after he had
left France for Tahiti. His
desire to escape convention
and artificiality found ex press-
ion in his innovative use of
primitive art as inspiration.

KEY TO FLOORPLAN

Prehistoric: 1 1–24, 26, 33

Classical: 102, 107–117, 121,

127–131

Numismatic Collection: 398–400

Oriental: 34–47, 55–66, 69, 100,

351–371, 381–397

Russian: 147–153, 155–189, 190–198,

204, 260, 269–271, 282, 304–307

Italian and Spanish: 207–223,

226–242

Flemish, Dutch and German: 243,

245–254, 258–259, 261–268

French and English: 272–281,

283–287, 290–302

19th- and 20th-century European:

314–325, 328–350

Temporary exhibition space

Non-exhibition space

No access