Excursion to the Pushkin Museum, Egyptian Hall. Getting to know the culture of ancient Egypt. children's educational tour of the Egyptian hall of the Pushkin Museum. Mysteries of Egyptian civilization

I invite you to an educational walk for children and adults through the halls of Ancient Egypt. During the excursion, the children will get acquainted with Egyptian art and unravel the secrets of the mysterious ancient civilization: they will find out who invented the mummy, why the pyramids were built, what the fancy hieroglyphs mean and what function the priests performed. And at the end the participants are waiting creative task, which will allow game form consolidate the material and better remember new interesting facts!

What awaits you

Immersion in the culture of Ancient Egypt

In the halls of the museum, children will get acquainted with one of the best collections of ancient objects in the world. Egyptian civilization. Will consider ancient mummy and sarcophagi, a real sphinx, a sculptural portrait of a pharaoh, Egyptian papyri and reliefs covered with hieroglyphs, as well as masterpieces of the collection - a paired sculpture of the priests Amenhotep and Rannai and an ivory cosmetic spoon in which paints and incense were stored. Each item in the collection will tell children about the art of Ancient Egypt, religious cults and Everyday life Egyptians, their way of life and writing.

Mysteries of Egyptian civilization

The Egyptians left us many mysteries and symbols that you will have to unravel during the tour! You will learn how and why the Egyptians made mummies, why the pyramids were built, what is special Egyptian hieroglyphs, who are the sphinxes and why do the Egyptian gods have animal heads. And at the end of the excursion, to reinforce the material, children will receive a “papyrus” with empty windows, which will be filled with stickers with images of Egyptian masterpieces, and will answer the question why the Egyptians created these works of art.

Who is the excursion suitable for?

The excursion is designed for children 10-12 years old; the program can also be adapted for an adult audience.

Organizational details

• Depending on the composition of the group participants (children or adults), the cost of the program may vary.
• Tickets for schoolchildren in the museum are purchased separately. Tickets are free, but must be obtained from the box office
• Adults accompanying children purchase entry tickets at the museum ticket office. The cost of a full ticket is 300 rubles. To receive the benefit you must present a document.
• The day of the excursion must be agreed upon at least 7 days before the required date.

In the hall of art of Ancient Egypt, about 800 exhibits are exhibited, representing all periods of the history of the development of the country of the pharaohs, starting from the 4th millennium BC. until the 4th century BC These are wooden and stone sarcophagi, statues, reliefs, household and funerary objects, mummies of people and animals, papyri, vessels and jewelry, figurines of deities and amulets. The hall itself is decorated architectural elements, characteristic of an ancient Egyptian temple: the ceiling is painted, false beams are supported by graceful columns in the form of a bunch of papyrus. This gives the hall special atmosphere and immediately sets up the person entering to communicate with ancient Egyptian art.

The most ancient exhibits of the Egyptian collection of the Pushkin Museum are stone tools (c. VI - V millennium BC), as well as slate palettes and painted clay vessels of the Nagada I - III cultures (IV millennium BC). Along with rich and varied mass material - sacrificial gifts originating from tombs and intended for a prosperous life after death - the Pushkin Museum collection presents outstanding works ancient Egyptian art (the upper part of the statue of the king of the Middle Kingdom Amenemhat III, figurines of the priest Amenhotep and the priestess Rannai, a cosmetic spoon of the New Kingdom and others).

Most of the items presented in the hall have been on display since the opening of the Museum. fine arts in 1912 and form the core of one of the world's finest private collections of ancient Egyptian art. It's about about the Russian orientalist Vladimir Semenovich Golenishchev (1856 - 1947). His collection, numbering approx. 8 thousand items, became the first museum acquisition of originals in 1909. In 1913, the museum bought a collection of monuments from the major Moscow collector L.I. Ginzburg, including a relief block depicting mourners. Several truly precious gifts were brought to the museum by Yu.S. Nechaev-Maltsov: these are excellent Fayum portraits, a golden diadem and a statue of Harpocrates. After October revolution The Egyptian collection was replenished with exhibits transferred from various museums and private collections. The Egyptian monuments they owned were donated to the Department of Ancient Orientation by scientists whose activities were inextricably linked with the museum - B.V. Farmakovsky, T.N. Borozdina-Kozmina, A.V. Zhivago. The museum's collection was significantly enriched after the acquisition in 1940 from N.A. Prahov of the collection of his father, philologist and art critic A.V. Prahov, numbering 217 exhibits. In subsequent years, the collection was replenished through donations, archaeological excavations, periodic purchases.

The first exposition of the hall of Ancient Egypt, timed to coincide with the opening of the Museum of Fine Arts, was made by the outstanding Russian Egyptologist Boris Aleksandrovich Turaev (1868 - 1920), the second, post-war, by Professor Vsevolod Vladimirovich Pavlov (1899 - 1972). The present exhibition opened in 1969. Its inspirer and organizer was the head of the Department of Ancient Orient, Doctor of Art History Svetlana Izmailovna Khodzhash (1923 - 2008).

The monuments in the hall are located in chronological sequence, starting with the most ancient - stone tools VI - V millennium BC (?), slate pallets and painted clay vessels of the Nagada I - III culture (IV millennium BC). The various forms of ceramic products and the presence of paintings give an idea of high level development of the artistic craft of this era. A rare exhibit is a clay dish with the image of a masked hunter holding four dogs on a leash. All objects were found in burials and are evidence of ritual practices of the Predynastic period. Already at this time, the main features of ancient Egyptian art appeared: conditioned by religious ideas, convention, symbolism, monumentality, which were fully developed after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt into a single state (late 4th millennium BC) - during the Ancient kingdom(XXVIII-XXIII centuries BC).

The Ancient Kingdom is the time of the first flowering of Egyptian architecture, the final design of the pictorial canon, which Egyptian masters would adhere to for several millennia. During the same period, one of the greatest achievements art - sculptural portrait. The principles of decorating tombs with wall relief images, as well as the peculiarities of rendering the human figure and objects on a plane, are illustrated by a series of blocks from the tombs of the “chief of the royal treasury” Isi, the Egyptian Merit, the Egyptian Tepemankh (all - ca. 25th century BC), “ gardener of the pyramid of King Pepi II" Hiiu (c. 23rd century BC)

The visual arts of the ancient Egyptians were inextricably linked with religious beliefs and the requirements of the funeral cult. In particular, the portrait resemblance of the image to the person being portrayed was due to the belief that every person has a “double”, or “Ka” - a certain vital essence, which, being immortal, must have a permanent home in some image of the deceased. The idea that all monuments were intended for eternity and should not contain anything accidental, fleeting, determined the features of the conventional artistic language Egyptian plastic art: closed and undifferentiated volume, static, lack of excessive detail. Reliefs and statues of the V-VI dynasty (showcase No. 6) and a free-standing sculptural group the official Uja-dzher and his wife are clear examples of the embodiment of the canonical rules of depicting a person in sculptural images.

Showcase 6 contains individual objects that were placed in the tomb, and a unique exhibit - the mask of Pepi II (XXII century BC, VI dynasty), brought by V.S. Golenishchev from excavations at the site of the pyramid of this king.

The Middle Kingdom (XXII-XVIII centuries BC) is represented by such masterpieces as the portrait of King Amenemhet III (XIX centuries BC) and the stele of the “great steward” Khenenu (XXI-XX centuries BC .) from pinkish limestone.

The upper part of the statue of Amenemhat III brilliantly illustrates best features sculptural portrait of the Middle Kingdom during its heyday - interest in the individual and age characteristics of a person. The viewer can also see small examples of sculptural works (window No. 9), including a portrait of King Senusret II.

Two showcases display objects from the tombs of the Middle Kingdom that were necessary for the deceased in the afterlife - wooden models of funeral barges and figurines of servants (display case No. 10), as well as “magic wands”, magical female figurines, palettes in the shape of animals, small vessels made of stone (showcase no. 9).

The art of the New Kingdom (XVI-XI centuries BC) bears the imprint of triumph Egyptian state after the expulsion of the Hyksos from the country.

The art of this extended period is characterized, on the one hand, by the strengthening of realistic tendencies, interest in depicting nature, the desire to convey movement, and on the other hand, by an increase in decorativeness, refinement and at the same time the formalization of artistic language. These qualities are clearly visible in monuments from the reigns of pharaohs Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV (XIV century BC): in faience vessels and inlays on walls and furniture from Amarna, cosmetic spoons, playing chips, small figurines, as well as in a portrait of a young man from limestone. One of the masterpieces of the collection is distinguished by its exquisite beauty - a cosmetic spoon in the shape of a pink lotus flower, with a handle in the shape of a swimming girl. An excellent quality wooden spoon in the shape of a girl among thickets of papyrus, a wooden oval box with a retractable lid inlaid with earthenware inserts - wonderful examples of the art of ancient Egyptian woodcarving masters.

The undisputed masterpiece of the Egyptian collection of the Pushkin Museum is the paired sculptural group of the priest Amenhotep and his wife priestess Rannai, dating back to the reign of Hatshepsut. The figurines are made of rare ebony, imported to Egypt from southern regions Africa, the eyes of the spouses are inlaid with glassy paste. Slender figures, thin limbs, the presence of exquisite details - gilded jewelry and a luxurious women's wig - bring to us all the unique and recognizable beauty best works ancient Egyptian art.

Showcase No. 14 displays a relief from a private tomb late XVIII din. in Saqqara depicting mourning for the deceased. The dynamic composition and the depiction of human figures from complex angles give this fragment of the funeral procession drama and expressiveness.

The funeral rite, which played a huge role in the religion of the Egyptians, gave rise to a variety of objects directly related to the funeral cult and ideas about the fate of the deceased after death. These are sarcophagi, canopic jars (vessels for storing the embalmed entrails of the deceased), funeral masks, ushabti figurines and boxes for their storage, figurines of gods. In one of the display cases there is a swaddled mummy of the priest Khor-kha, covered with a net of faience beads, and the head of a woman’s mummy, as well as mummies of sacred animals - a cat and a falcon. Nearby, on the podium, is a set of canopic jars with lids in the form of the heads of the sons of the god Horus. The sarcophagi that are exhibited in the hall belong to different eras, starting from the 3rd millennium BC. (a simple clay box with a relief image of a boy in a fetal position on the lid). The brightest sarcophagi, completely covered with paintings, date back to the New Kingdom and are exhibited in the central part of the hall. Two stone sarcophagi date back to the second half of the 1st millennium BC.

Several display cases display numerous gods of the Egyptian pantheon. They are made of bronze, stone (statues of Osiris in showcases No. 24 and No. 26), small figurines of gods made of carnelian and rock crystal (display case No. 12). The figurine of the god of vegetation Nefertum is cast from silver (display case No. 18), and the sacred ibis of the god Thoth (display case No. 12) is made of white stone, with a bronze head and paws. All figurines are distinguished by high quality casting and fine detailing.

A significant part of the monuments consists of alabaster vessels, faience bowls, painted clay jugs, bronze situlas (ritual vessels) and mirrors, bronze weapons, jewelry made of semi-precious stones and Egyptian faience.

TO Late period(1st millennium BC) include statues and sculptural portraits (display case No. 26). Among them, a granite statue of the queen stands out, whose face has pronounced portrait features (first half of the 7th century BC). Made of solid stone, portraits from the period of the Sais dynasty (second half of the 7th-6th centuries BC) imitate ancient examples and reveal the craftsmen’s desire for perfection of form and ideal processing of the stone surface. The Sais period was a time of new flowering of artistic craft.

The so-called “sculptor's corner” allows you to get an idea of ​​the process of creating reliefs and sculptural works by Egyptian masters: here you can see unfinished reliefs or copies made by students, as well as drawings on pieces of limestone (ostraca).

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A year and a half ago, all the impressionists and works of the 20th century were removed from the Pushkin Museum. Now they live in a separate building on the left (formerly the Museum of Personal Collections, now the Gallery of European and American Art of the 19th–20th centuries). As a result, on upper floors A lot of space was freed up in the main building - they decided to update the exhibition. All the keepers had something to take out from under the covers - and, of course, everyone wanted it. Although only two collections could increase significantly - the Dutch one, due to the endless and infinitely prolific little Dutchmen (the great ones have been on display for a long time), and the Italian one, where there is something to add to each century (although names not previously presented are mostly familiar only to art historians, and Italianists at that) . As a result, both were added, but in different proportions. But first things first.

Of course, you can’t change the exposure overnight; the process is long. The halls were closed one by one, repaired and replaced, paintings were restored and taken out of storage. They carried the French upstairs and gathered Rembrandt and his school in one hall. To regular visitors of the museum this is unlikely to seem like an amazing metamorphosis - well, the walls were painted, the labels were changed, new shields were made. But if you remember how everything looked last year, it turns out that everything is the same, but not the same. On the ground floor, only the Greek and Italian courtyards remained unchanged (in the first there was a project for the reconstruction of the museum, and in the second there was a Christmas tree, but this is probably not forever). Everything else was mixed up. The left enfilade is now completely occupied by antiquities and antiquity, which have replaced Italian icons and Early Renaissance. True, the way there still lies through the Fayum portraits, and the “Treasures of Troy,” now included in the permanent exhibition, have long been in the museum under the guise of an exhibition. In the center there is now an entrance to the Italian halls, in the vestibule of which works of Byzantium are displayed. The Italian Renaissance room no longer shows Cranach and the early Germans. Then, passing the Italian courtyard and passing through the French portico, you find yourself in the northern school (the French used to be here): Cranach, brought from Italy, now has his own separate nook. Further along the enfilade follow separate Flemish and Dutch rooms with corners of Rubens and Rembrandt. Pieter de Hooch appeared in Holland, whose existence no one except the guardians had any idea about. On the second floor, most of the halls are still occupied by copies and casts (unfortunately, they were not touched). But Italians settled in the left wing - academicians, mannerists and Venetian school. A new wonderful Tiepolo, Magnasco and several Veronese (with a school) appeared. Right wing, as mentioned above, was given to the French, who enriched themselves with Le Brun and Lorrain. Overall, the exposure has increased by a third, which is nice. Now Pushkinsky gives me the feeling, like after the Capodimonte Museum in Naples, - as if the history of art consists mainly of antiquity and the mass of Italians, and everything else was just that, little things.

The most amazing thing is that all this beauty will not last long: the museum will soon be closed altogether. TO centenary(that is, by 2012) Pushkinsky must be reconstructed. The reconstruction project is being carried out by Norman Foster; according to preliminary plans, a huge underground museum quarter will appear on Volkhonka. The ending of this story is unpredictable: until the project passes all approvals, the underground museum can turn into a thirty-story one shopping mall- but we hope this will not happen with Pushkinsky. In the meantime, one unnoticeable reform has already been carried out in the museum’s halls. The fact is that in our museums the principle of inspection is compulsory - thanks to the enfilade system of halls. That is, the visitor cannot see only Rembrandt or only small Dutchmen - to get to them, willy-nilly he has to pass through many different styles, names and eras. Previously, to get into the halls of ancient Assyria, you had to go through the Italian icons, and the entrance to Italy of the 17th–18th centuries lay through the French hall. Now you can separately go to the halls of antiquity or early Italy, or Holland, or late France. Although, to be honest, the museum is so small that if you look at the entire exhibition in one sitting, even enlarged by a third, you will never get tired.

State Museum of Fine Arts named after. A. S. Pushkin or, as it is more often called, the Pushkin Museum is one of the most significant museums in Moscow, which has collected within its walls a large collection of works of foreign art from ancient world to the present day.

The Pushkin Museum opened its doors for the first time on May 31, 1912. The inspirer and first director was Moscow University professor Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev. The initial collection was formed from copies of ancient sculptures and mosaics of the university Cabinet of Fine Arts and genuine antiquities purchased from the famous Egyptologist V.S. Golenishcheva. Later, the halls were replenished with paintings transferred from other museums and works of art from private collections donated or confiscated after the revolution. Today, the Pushkin Museum’s collection includes more than 670,000 exhibits, of which only 1.5% are available for inspection.

Under the jurisdiction of the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin - a whole museum town located in historical center Moscow near Kropotkinskaya metro station. It includes several buildings, including:

• Main building
• Gallery of art from Europe and America of the 19th-20th centuries.
• Department of Personal Collections
• Museum-apartment of Svyatoslav Richter
• Center for Aesthetic Education "Museion"
• Training Art Museum them. I.V. Tsvetaeva
• House of graphics

The main building is an architectural monument with a powerful colonnade and a glass roof, built 100 years ago specifically for the museum.

The exhibition here is located on two floors. The first contains genuine rarities of Ancient Egypt, ancient times, golden treasures of Ancient Troy from the excavations of archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, paintings by European masters of the 8th-18th centuries, there are Greek and Italian courtyards - large spaces with cast sculptures. On the second floor many rooms are devoted to copies of art objects Ancient Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In addition, original paintings by European artists are exhibited here.

The Egyptian Hall is one of the world's best collections of authentic objects from the times of Ancient Egypt: mummies, sarcophagi, masks, figurines, jewelry and vessels.

Wooden sarcophagus of the nobleman Mahu, holder of a plot of land of the Temple of Amun:

Amenhotep and Rannai - priest and priestess of the god Amun:

Sarcophagus and mummy of Khor-Kha. On foreground– cat mummy:

The next room is dedicated to the art of the Ancient Near East.

Figurine of an adorant from Northern Mesopotamia. Adorant is a figurine made of stone or clay that was placed in a temple so that it would pray for the person who placed it.

Halls of ancient art with a collection of Greek vases and amphorae, mosaics, sculptures and reliefs of Ancient Italy, Cyprus and Rome.

Antefix – ceramic tile with the Gorgon Medusa mask:

Items from the excavations of Panticapaeum - the capital of the Chimerian Bosporus:

The theme of antiquity continues in the Greek courtyard - big hall, filled with casts of famous ancient Greek statues, reliefs and architectural fragments.

Sleeping Ariadne. The marble original is kept in the Vatican.

Another courtyard is Italian, with casts of Renaissance masterpieces.

Equestrian statue – copy bronze monument to the commander-in-chief Bartolomeo Colleoni of Venice.

Michelangelo's famous David. The height of the sculpture is 5.5 meters.

One of the main pearls of the Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin - a collection of works by Rembrandt and artists of his school is located in room No. 10.

Rembrandt "Portrait of an Old Lady" and "Portrait of an Elderly Woman".

Exhibition of paintings Flemish painters 17th century - Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck, Bruegel.

Anthony Van Dyck "Portrait of Adrian Stevens". Flemish master of the early 17th century "Portrait of a Lady with a Fan".

"Ice Skating" by Hendrik Averkamp from the 17th century Dutch Art Hall.

Also on the ground floor, the permanent exhibition presents art from Byzantium, Italy from the 13th to 16th centuries, and Germany and the Netherlands from the 15th to 16th centuries.

Let's go up to the second floor.

The hall, called "Olympic", with casts from classical ancient Greek sculptures.

A copy of the sculpture “Lamentation of Christ” from the hall of Michelangelo Buonarotti. “Great fame and glory,” according to his contemporary, the great master acquired for himself with this work.

Italian sculpture from the 15th century. The decoration of the hall uses decorative elements in the style of the Early Renaissance.

Magnificent Tombstone of the Cardinal of Portugal by Rosselino Antonio. The original is in Florence in the church of San Miniato al Monte.

European art of the Middle Ages.

The cultural heritage of Ancient Italy and Ancient Rome in casts. The masterpieces of this room are the Capitoline She-Wolf, the bust of Marcus Aurelius, and the sculpture “Victoria”.

Greek art late classic and Hellenism. The colossal group “Farnese Bull” - the original is kept in the Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Winged Nike of Samothrace and Aphrodite of Knidos by the famous sculptor Praxiteles.

Of course, it is difficult to show all the halls and works - there are a lot of them, you can spend more than one hour exploring the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

Photography is free, but there are a few rules: you cannot use a tripod or flash, and you are prohibited from taking photographs at temporary exhibitions.

On days of particularly significant exhibitions, when masterpieces from collections are brought best museums world, queues are forming at the cash register.

Art Talks on 29 topics are held on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Thursday evenings in the Main Building, Gallery and Personal Collections Department.

Since 1980 in the museum. Pushkin passes annual festival music “December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter”, concerts are held in the halls throughout the year.

There are sightseeing and thematic tours of the permanent exhibition; you can take an audio guide, its cost is 250 rubles.

More detailed information see on the official website of the Pushkin Museum: arts-museum.ru

How to get to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

By public transport: metro station Kropotkinskaya, then 2 minutes on foot.

Address: Volkhonka street, building 12.

Opening hours

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday - from 11-00 to 20-00
• Thursday, Friday - from 11-00 to 21-00

Monday - closed

Ticket prices for the Main Building

• Adults – 400 rubles
• Preferential categories- 200 rubles
• Children under 16 years old – free

I have long been planning to talk about what is perhaps my most favorite Moscow museum - the State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin. I'll have to split the post into two parts, it's too big and... interesting museum.




PART 1

Don't expect to go around the whole State Museum Fine Arts them. A.S. Pushkin in one visit. It's practically impossible. Is it just running, glancing briefly at the rich exhibits presented on two floors in 30 halls!
Therefore, I suggest you take a quick “run” through the halls of the museum with me right now, and let everyone thoroughly familiarize themselves with it on their own and preferably over several visits!
Just a little about the history of the museum. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Museum took place on August 17, 1898. First visitors to the Emperor's Museum of Fine Arts Alexandra III accepted at the Moscow Imperial University on May 31, 1912.

As was customary in those glorious years, the museum was built with donations from philanthropists. Most The money was contributed by the great Russian philanthropist Yuri Stepanovich Nechaev-Maltsov.
The creator of the museum, Ivan Vladimirovich Tsvetaev (1847 - 1913) is a Russian scientist-historian, archaeologist, philologist and art historian, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, professor at Moscow University (father of Marina Tsvetaeva).

So, go ahead, on the 1st floor!

Hall 1. ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT. IV-I millennium BC

The richest collection of ancient Egyptian art presented in the exhibition of this hall introduces the stages of development of Egyptian culture, starting from the pre-dynastic period (IV millennium BC) until the time of the New Kingdom (XVII-XII centuries BC). The architecture of the hall reproduces the characteristic features of temple architecture of the 2nd millennium BC. The ceiling paintings, made by the artist I.I. Nivinsky in 1912, represent a free variation on the theme of decorative design of mortuary temples and tombs.

Statue of Amenemhet III. Middle Kingdom, XII Dynasty, mid to late 19th century BC.

Sarcophagus of the nobleman Mahu. New Kingdom, XVIII dynasty, XIV century. BC.

Statue of the god Anubis. New Kingdom, II millennium BC.

These “notes” are over 4000 years old!!!

Hall 2. ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS (Mesopotamia, Urartu, Iran, Cyprus, Parthia, India, America)

The exposition of this hall introduces the art of ancient peoples who inhabited Western Asia, the Mediterranean, the Indian Peninsula and Latin America. The decoration of the hall uses motifs from the paintings of the palaces of the Assyrian kings: gate demons “shedu” and reliefs from the royal palaces (casts). In the center of the hall, on a pedestal, there are authentic Urartu vessels, ancient state(current territory of Armenia).

The display cases contain authentic items from ancient civilizations.
Peru. Culture Rekuay. 1st millennium AD Figure of a warrior-priest. Reminds me of our Vanka-Vstanka

Scythians. 7th-5th century BC Clay tent (possibly a toy).

Four-armed Vishnu with attributes in his hands: club, wheel, conch and lotus.
Sandstone, 9th century. AD Gift from Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India.

Relief depicting a winged spirit in a pose of blessing.
Cast. Original 9th ​​century BC is in British Museum, London.
To work on casts of I.V. Over the years, Tsvetaev attracted famous Russian scientists and outstanding artists. Plaster casts and galvanocpies were ordered in 1890 - 1911 from famous European workshops.

Hall 3. TREASURES OF TROY

A collection of 259 items from treasures discovered by Heinrich Schliemann during the excavations of Troy in 1871-1890 is stored in the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin since 1945. The collection was transferred to the Soviet Union along with other art treasures by decision of the Soviet Control Commission as partial compensation for damage caused by the Nazis.

Hall 4. ART OF THE ANCIENT WORLD (Cyprus, Ancient Greece, Etruria, Ancient Rome)

The collection of antique originals is one of the earliest in the Pushkin Museum's collection. The first ancient Greek vases and terracottas were purchased for the Cabinet of Fine Arts of Moscow University in the 50-60s of the 19th century. Today the collection contains more than ten thousand originals dating back to the period from the 3rd millennium BC. to the 4th century AD More than half of them were found by expeditions of the Pushkin Museum during archaeological excavations.

In four sections of the hall - Cyprus, Ancient Greece, Etruria, Ancient Rome - monuments of the main artistic regions and centers of the ancient Mediterranean are presented.
The central place in the art section of Ancient Rome is occupied by a sarcophagus with Dionysian scenes (c. 210) - one of the most famous monuments Museum collections.

Torso of a naked Dionysus with a sword and a grape vine. First half of the 2nd century, marble.

Hall 5. ART OF THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA REGION

The exhibition is based on materials found by expeditions of the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin in the south of Russia and Crimea.

Portrait statue of a ruler from Gorgippia. Marble, 80s II century
Found in 1939-1940. in Anapa (ancient Gorgippia).

Hall 6. COPTIC AND HELLENISTIC ART

In the first centuries AD, it began to spread in Egypt christian religion. Christian Egyptians were called Copts.
The hall represents the art and culture of Egypt after the campaigns of Alexander the Great, when Egyptian art absorbs the features of the art of the Greeks (“Hellenes”). Most of the exhibits are related to the funerary cult - sarcophagi, burial shrouds and masks. In the center of the hall there is a display case with Egyptian sarcophagi and mummies of the 6th-1st centuries BC.

Of particular interest is the collection of 16 Fayum portraits, made using the most sophisticated technique of wax paints.
Portrait of a woman, second half of the 2nd century.

Mummy masks, 2nd century.

Hall 7. BYZANTINE ART of the XIV-XVI centuries. ART OF ITALY VIII-XVI centuries

Byzantine painting is represented mainly by monuments of the 14th century. Among the world-class masterpieces is the icon of the “Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles,” which is exceptional in its subtlety of execution.

Collection Italian art- one of the best in the Pushkin Museum collection.

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. Portrait of a young man in the image of Saint Sebastian. Late 1490s.

Giulio Pippi. Lady at the toilet. Early 1520s.

Hall 8. ART OF GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS XV - XVI centuries

Art Northern Renaissance first presented in separate room. These are six boards by Lucas Cranach the Elder, “The Flagellation of Christ” by the largest Münster master Johann Körbecke, “The Annunciation” by the Master from Hoogstraten, etc.
The Pushkin Museum's collection of German art of the 15th century is the best in Russia in terms of the number and quality of works.
There is also a section on Dutch art.

Hall 9. Flemish Art XVII century.

The Flanders Painting Hall gives a holistic view of the Flemish school. Along with the brightest names such as Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Snyders, the number of exhibited paintings has increased, primarily due to large-format canvases, in the hall you can now see the works of their students and contemporaries (about two dozen new canvases).

Hall 10. Rembrandt and the masters of his school.

For the first time, six paintings by Rembrandt, as well as works by his students and followers, are shown as an independent section.

Hall 11. Dutch painting XVII century.

Paintings Dutch school The 17th century constitutes one of the most numerous and attractive sections of the Pushkin Museum’s exhibition. In conditions of severe dependence on market competition, Dutch artists focused on one or several genres where they felt most confident. Some preferred to paint pictures on religious and mythological subjects (works by Hendrik Goltzius, Gerrit van Honthorst, Nicholas Berchem), others - landscapes, and still others - genre scenes and still lifes.

Hall 14. GREEK YARD. Art of Ancient Greece. 2nd half of the 5th - beginning of the 4th century BC. Casts.

One of the most beautiful halls of the museum. The complex organization of movement along three floor levels made it possible to convey with amazing accuracy the free picturesque ensemble of the Athenian Acropolis.

Hall 15. ITALIAN YARD. Art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Casts.

Italian courtyard built as a reduced repetition courtyard Palazzo Bargelo: corner staircase leading to the second floor, small columns with floral capitals supporting the balcony, light arcade, well in the center. The accuracy of the choice of architectural prototype made it possible to combine samples in the exhibition hall classical art German Middle Ages with works of famous Italian sculptors of the Renaissance.