Boudoir of impress Mariya Aleksandrovna in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Raphael Loggias (a copy) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Room of Italian Art of the 13th to Early 15th Century in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Portrait of Peter the Great in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Malachite rotunda in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Parquet of Malachite Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Hall of Culture and Art of the Hellenistic Age in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Council Staircase in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Gallery of the Patriotic War of 1812 in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Library of Nicholas II of Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Saint George Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Decorations of White Hall of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Statue of Three Graces in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Large Italian Skylight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Replicas of ancient art in Gallery of History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Main Staircase of the New Hermitage in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
White Hall (Hall No. 11) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Italian Cabinet in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Great Patriotic War of 1812 portrait hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Gold Drawing-room in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
A gallery of the Raphael Loggias in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Hall of Twenty Columns (ancient art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy, Emblem) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Dvortsovaya Square, Alexandriysky Stolp (Alexander Column, Pillar), and General Staff building from a window of Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 3:59 p.m. June 25, 2003
A sculpture and Italian art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
The Majolica Room (Renaissance art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Gallery of the Patriotic War of 1812 in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Room of Flemish Art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
White Hall (No. 52) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Ayvazovsky painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Tent-Roofed Room (Dutch and Flemish art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
The Hall of Twenty Columns (ancient art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Vaults of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Vase and a candelabrum in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
View from Majolica Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Big French carriage in Field Marshals Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Old Italian art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Monolithic granite columns of Twenty-Column Hall (Ancient Italy) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Dvortsovaya Square, Alexandriysky Stolp (Alexander Column, Pillar), and Winter Palace (Hermitage museum). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2003
Marble statues near Main Staircase of New Hermitage in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Ceiling of Raphael Loggias in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Corridor of Raphael Loggias in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Leonardo da Vinci Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
The Raphael Loggias in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Gobelin tapestry in Leonardo da Vinci Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
G. I. Semiradsky painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
C. Brullov Hall with a bench for resting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Majolica Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
A corridor and Italian sculpture and art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Room of Flemish Art in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Dvortsovaya Square, Alexandriysky Stolp (Alexander Column, Pillar), and Winter Palace (Hermitage museum). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2003
Tent-Roofed Room (Dutch and Flemish art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Entrance of Majolica Room in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Ceiling of Majolica Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
A throne in Saint George Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Mirror and a malachite vase of Malachite Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Vaults of gallery of Raphael Loggias in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Vaults of the gallery of Raphael Loggias decorated with biblical paintings in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Mikhailovsky Palace (Russian Museum) at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 26, 2005
Ivan Repin painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
The Majolica Room in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Carl Briullov hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
Ivanov(?) painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2005
Three Graces sculpture (mythological goddesses of Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia representing beauty, charm and joy) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Saint George Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Replicas(?) of ancient statues in Hercules Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Gilt State Chair (throne) in Saint George Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Throne (Georgian) Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Dvortsovaya Square, Alexandriysky Stolp (Alexander Column, Pillar), and General Staff building from a window of Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 3:59 p.m. June 25, 2003
Ancient sculptures in the Hall of Culture and Art of the Hellenistic Age in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Gates of a yard of Hermitage Museum, with a Russian emblem. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Tank 7A-181D at WWII re-enactment in Museum of the American GI. College Station, Texas, March 21, 2009
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Looking at C. Brullov(?) painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Granite columns in the hall of ancient art in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Majolica Room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Gilded lantern of Armorial (Emblem) Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Catherine the Great(?) statue in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2005
Karl Briullov Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Raphael Loggias (a copy) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Decorated wooden closet in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Entrance stairs and colonnade of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2005
Red Peacock Butterfly (Anartia amathea) in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
Decorated ceiling of the Large Italian Skylight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
World War II M3 Halftrack car with machine guns at WWII re-enactment in Museum of the American GI. College Station, Texas, March 21, 2009
Decorated bronze dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Olive Tjaden Hall, view to the east from Johnson Museum of Art of Cornell University. Ithaca, New York, November 8, 2005
Candelabrum in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Museum keeper in Alexander Palace in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2010
Large Italian Skylight Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2003
Rice Paper Butterfly (Idea leuconoe) in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
Laocoon sculpture in front of Archeological Museum. Odessa, Ukraine, July 1, 2009
16th century Italian art in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Knights Hall (Rytsarsky Zal) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Back entrance of Hermitage museum, with Atlante s feet in foreground and Saint Isaac Cathedral in background. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
A passage to ancient art hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
North half of Arts Quad of Cornell University campus, view to south-east from Johnson Museum of Art. Ithaca, New York, November 15, 2005
Statue of Jupiter in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Easter egg(?) with inlaid rubies on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Entrance stairs of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2005
Vitoslavitsy (Vitoslavlitsy) Museum of wood. Novgorod, Russia, August 1, 2001
Coats of arms in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Geometrical pattern of stars and interlaced multisided polygons on a wooden panel on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 12, 2010
Museum in a recently renovated Savior on Blood Church at Griboedova Canal. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
Interior of Missouri State Capitol, view from the second floor, with the State Museum in background. Jefferson City, Missouri, September 17, 2005
Neva River and Vasilyevsky Ostrov from a window of Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Emerald Swallowtail (Papilio Palinurus) in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
Close-up of Emerald Swallowtail (Papilio Palinurus) in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
Statue of Catherine the Great in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Mamluk box (16th century, brass with silver inlay) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
I. Repin paintings in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Statue of Jupiter in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Blue Wave Butterfly (Myscelia cyaniris) with bands of iridescent blue across the upper wing surface in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
Museum of Islamic Art and dhow boats from Corniche at morning. Doha, Qatar, January 24, 2010
Decorated ceiling of Twenty-Column Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Patterned chandelier and geometric decoration of ground floor of atrium of Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, January 30, 2010
Central Avenue of Cornell University campus from an upper floor of Johnson Museum of Art. Ithaca, New York, November 22, 2005
Naked woman on a dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
A statue of Catherine the Great in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
A dish with J. Christ in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
- Central Park and Museum of Natural History (New York, June 23 - 24 and a trip to Turner Falls, May 28, 1997)
Central Avenue of Cornell University campus, view to the south from Johnson Museum of Art. Ithaca, New York, November 8, 2005
A sculpture on the wall at the main entrance of Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
The Presbytere (a part of the Louisiana State Museum) and Saint Louis Cathedral on Chartres Street, view from Jackson Square, in French Quarter. New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 2006
Re-creation of Soviet style kitchen in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
Resting at WWII re-enactment in Museum of the American GI. College Station, Texas, March 21, 2009
Fountain courtyard of Museum of Islamic Art with views of Arabian Gulf and West Bay. Doha, Qatar, January 30, 2010
Mosque lamp (Egypt, Cairo, 1347-1361 AD glass, vitreous enamel, gilding) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Black and red butterfly on a leaf in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
Early snowfall on Rock Street near Museum of Fall River Historical Society in historic Highlands District. Fall River, Massachusetts, November 13, 2004
Lincoln Hall and Baker Lab of Cornell University, view to south-east from Johnson Museum of Art. Ithaca, New York, November 8, 2005
Details of a decorated metal shield in Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
A chipmunk on a trail near Trailside Museum in Blue Hills Reservation. Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 2004
Tourists crowding in front of painting of Rembrandt "Return of the Prodigal Son" in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Vitoslavlitsy open-air wooden architecture museum (folk art). Novgorod, Russia, December 18, 2005
1951 Superior-Cadillac Landaulet Hearse (funeral coach) in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
A tank at WWII re-enactment in Museum of the American GI. College Station, Texas, March 21, 2009
Arabic calligraphy on a natural leaf (Turkey, 20th century, gold) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Admiralty and Kunstcamera museum from colonnade of Saint Isaac Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2003
Libe Slope of Cornell University campus, view to the south from Johnson Museum of Art. Ithaca, New York, November 8, 2005
1921 Rock Falls eight-column carved-panel motorized hearse in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
Golden bracelet with inlaid emerald on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Frogs on a dish by Bernard Palissy in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
- Central Park and Museum of Natural History (New York, June 23 - 24 and a trip to Turner Falls, May 28, 1997)
A junk train in a train museum in Shushary. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 6, 2004
An ancient sculpture in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Yataghan (Turkish sword), steel with gold inlay, on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Kunstkamera Museum on Vasilyevsky Ostrov. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 1, 2000
An owl in Trailside Museum in Blue Hills Reservation. Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 2004
Black and red striped butterfly in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
Flying Dutchman butterfly in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
Owl Butterfly (Caligo) with dramatic eyespots on the underside of the lower wing in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
Vitoslavlitsy museum of wooden architecture. Novgorod, Russia, August 1, 2001
Statues of warriors holding shields with coats of arms and heraldic emblems in Armorial (Emblem) Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Brass candlestick on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Old Harbor Lifesaving Station museum near Race Point Beach in Cape Cod. Provincetown, Massachusetts, January 18, 2005.
A fraternity house of Cornell University campus and Cayuga Lake, view to north-west from Johnson Museum of Art. Ithaca, New York, November 8, 2005
Ilya Repin painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Picasso Room in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Actors on a motorcycle at WWII re-enactment in Museum of the American GI. College Station, Texas, March 21, 2009
5-storey window of Museum of Islamic Art that offers views of the Gulf and the West Bay. Doha, Qatar, January 30, 2010
Powder flask (Northwest India, 18th century, wood, paint, gilt) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Horse head sculpture in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Cupids on a dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Marble statue of a woman with a skull in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Odessa Fine Arts Museum at 5a Sofievskaya Street. Odessa, Ukraine, July 3, 2009
Main building entrance facade of Museum of Islamic Art at evening. Doha, Qatar, January 30, 2010
- Central Park and Museum of Natural History (New York, June 23 - 24 and a trip to Turner Falls, May 28, 1997)
A hall in Russian Museum, with A. E. Yakovlev and V. I. Shukhaev painting "Harlequin and Piero" to the left. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Arabic calligraphy on brass pot on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 12, 2010
Protective glove in Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Guts of Saturn Rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
Model of ancient Egyptian coffin in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
Museum of Islamic Art built on artificial island from Corniche at evening. Doha, Qatar, January 19, 2010
Chest (India, 17th century, wood, mother-of-pearl inlay) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Decorated brass shield in Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Incense burner (Egypt or Syria, 1294-1340, brass with gold and silver inlay) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 12, 2010
Glass vase with inlaid rubies and emeralds on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Decorated golden shield on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
One of brass astrolabes on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
Sculpture of two women with a fat butterfly in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
