The State Hermitage in St Petersburg is one of the world"s major museums of art and cultural history. Founded in the eighteenth century on the basis of the personal collection of Empress Catherine II, its huge collection, displayed in more than 300 rooms, reflect the development of the world art and culture from pre-historic times to the present day. This, the next in Scala"s superb masterpieces series, showcases the most stunning exhibits, drawing from the Italian, Russian, German, French, Flemish, Dutch, English, Spanish, Netherlandish, Hellenistic, Egyptian, Roman, Middle Eastern and Asian collections and details works by Leonardo, Giorgione, Titian, Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Poussin, Van Gogh, C,zanne, Monet, Renoir, Matisse, Rubens, Van Dyck, Hals van Rijn, Holbein, Kandinsky, Velazquez and many more.