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Painting, passion and politics : masterpieces from the Walpole Collection
From september 28 2002 to march 30 2003
Ancient art
34 masterpieces from the XVIIth century from the prestigious Walpole collection and partly conserved in Russia for the past two centuries are now grouped together. Works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck and Poussin, added to antique and Renaissance sculptures and XVIIIth century furniture.

Hermitage Rooms

Somerset House
Strand
WC2R 1LA Londres - Grande-Bretagne

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Hours :
Horaire(s) d'ouverturefrom 10 am to 6 pm
December 31th from 10 am to 4 pm
New Year`s Day from 12 pm to 6 pm
December 24th, Christmas Day, Boxing Day
Admission :
Free : Under 18
Admission fee :  5 £
Concessions :  4 £ Students, Adult groups, Pensioners
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Immaculate Conception, 1680, oil on canvas, 195 x 145 cm
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MORE INFORMATION :
A Capital Collection, Houghton Hall and the Hermitage with a modern edition of Aedes Walpolianae, Horace Walpole's catalogue of Sir Robert Walpole's Collection. Edited by Andrew Moore and Larissa Dukelskaya. £50, hardback.