Eremitage St. Petersburg, 1992

Title

Eremitage St. Petersburg (Original Title)

Title Translation

Hermitage Museum

Photographer

• Candida Höfer

Serial Number / Edition

2 / 6

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• Becher school

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

C-Print

Material

• PE paper
• Kodak Endura

Technique

• Chromogenic colour print

Captions Added Later

Verso unten signiert von der Künstlerin mit Bleistift: 2/6 EREMITAGE ST. PETERSBURG 1992 Candida Höfer

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• permanent loan

Creditline

Sammlung der DZ BANK im Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Acquisition

Collection DZ BANK at the Städel Museum

Genre

• architecture
• interior

Main Motif

• The State Hermitage Museum
• museum
• interior space
• St Petersburg

Persons Shown

• The State Hermitage Museum

Medial Picture Elements

• Aphrodite, Typus Louvre-Neapel, The State Hermitage Museum, Sankt Petersburg
• Thalia, Muse der Dichtung und der Unterhaltung, The State Hermitage Museum, Sankt Petersburg
• Tanzender Satyr, The State Hermitage Museum, Sankt Petersburg
• Panther, The State Hermitage Museum, Sankt Petersburg
• Polyhymnia, Muse der Hymnendichtung, The State Hermitage Museum, Sankt Petersburg
• Terpsichore, Muse der Chorlyrik und des Tanzes, The State Hermitage Museum, Sankt Petersburg

Primary

• 61F(EREMITAGE (Sankt Petersburg)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (EREMITAGE (Sankt Petersburg))
• 48A821 permanent exhibition, museum
• 48C1412 interior ~ representation of a building

Secondary

• 48C167 pavement, floor ~ architecture
• 48C2 sculpture
• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)
• 25D12(MARBLE) kinds of non-precious stone: marble
• 41A721 chair
• 41A542 gate, entrance
• 61E(SANKT PETERSBURG) names of cities and villages (SANKT PETERSBURG)