The Hermitage has opened an exhibition dedicated to the marriage of the Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna with the heir to the Dutch throne and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by Willem of Orange

State Hermitage Museum
24 September 2013 @January 19. 2014
St-Петербург, the Winter Palace, Stamp duty and Picket halls

In the Winter Palace opened the exhibition "Willem II and Anna Pavlovna. Royal luxury Dutch court." It represents one of the most important events in relations between Russia and the Netherlands, which influenced the European history of the nineteenth century, — marriage of Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna with the heir to the Dutch throne and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by Willem of Orange. The exhibition is organized by the State Hermitage together with the City Museum of Dordrecht (Netherlands), Royal collection of the Netherlands (the Hague, the Netherlands) and the City art Museum of Luxembourg — Villa Vauban@

the exhibition introduces the history of the relationship of the heir to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Willem II and Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna, the younger daughter of Paul I and Maria Feodorovna. The contract was reached after military successes and the injured Willem in the battle of Waterloo, the wedding took place six months later in the Winter Palace. Viewers will be able to trace all the stages of life of the Dutch Royal couple, from the birth of Anna Pavlovna in Saint-Петербурге and military successes of the heir to the Dutch throne until the last days of both their lives monarchos@

Acquainted with the art collection of the Russian emperors in St. Petersburg, Willem was fond of collecting and collected one of the finest collections of paintings in Europe. However, in the plight of the Dutch Royal court to pay off debts after his death the collection was sold at auction. Nicholas I, who was laid collection, wanted to get it entirely, but it so happened that he participated in the auction through the special representatives on General terms and bought 13 of paintings, many of which are on permanent exhibition in the State Hermitage. A great loss for the Hermitage is the sale after the 1917 revolution, the paintings of Jan van Eyck, originating from the same kollektsii@

the exhibition presents a significant part of the Royal collection of Willem II, gathered together for the first time after the sale in 1850. More than a century and a half later, 27 of the largest museums and private collections in the world brought their masterpieces to participate in the exhibition in the Winter Palace, where the Palace Church in 1816 passed the wedding ceremony of the crown Prince of orange and Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna@

Among 250 exhibits are works of famous masters — in particular "Triptych" Memling (Louvre, Paris), several works by Rubens (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), the Wall (City art Museum of Luxembourg — Villa Vauban), "Portrait of Philip IV" by velázquez, "the Torment of St. Catherine" Guercino "flora" Melzi (all three from the collection of the State Hermitage). Paintings complemented by a large range of decorative items-прикладного art, among which stands out the mirror work of the court furniture maker Heinrich Gambs, belonged to Anna Pavlovna (Palace Het Loo) uniform and coronation of Willem II, where he was crowned Tsar after the abdication of his father in 1840 in the New Church (Novecare) in Amsterdam (the Royal collection, the Hague), ecclesiastical objects that belonged to Anna Pavlovna and after her death bequeathed to the parish of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Hague. These works of art give an idea about the era of the mid-nineteenth century and allow you to immerse yourself in Royal luxury Dutch yard, purchased with the appearance of a Russian Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna in Netherlands Dore@

The exhibition illustrated catalog@

the Curators of the exhibition from the Russian side — Boris Iosifovich Avaris, head of the section of painting and sculpture of the XIX — XX centuries of the Department of Western European art of the State Hermitage; Nikolai Leonidovich Zykov, Junior researcher of the Department of Western European art of the State Hermitage@

the Curator on the Dutch side — sander, Perlberg, the Henke Slechte (City Museum of Dordrecht), Claudia Gerster (the Royal collection, the Kingdom of the Netherlands). Curated by Grand Duchy of Luxembourg — Gabriela Diana grave (City art Museum of Luxembourg — Villa Vauban).

Источник: hermitagemuseum.org