Statue of Three Graces in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Replicas of ancient art in Gallery of History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Ayvazovsky painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
G. I. Semiradsky painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
Ivan Repin painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
Sculptures in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
Vaults of the gallery of Raphael Loggias decorated with biblical paintings in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Ivanov(?) painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2005
Looking at C. Brullov(?) painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Marble sculpture in a gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
Marble statue of a woman with a skull in a gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
Marble sculptures in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
Painting on plaster in a replica of Raphael Loggias in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Marble sculpture in Gallery of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Marble sculpture of a woman in Gallery of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
I. Repin paintings in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Repin painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 15, 2016
Paintings of pink rotunda in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Tourists crowding in front of painting of Rembrandt "Return of the Prodigal Son" in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Gallery of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Tapestry painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2016
Ilya Repin painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Arched ceiling of Gallery of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Painting Teacher (2015) by Porfiry Fedorin in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Powder flask (Northwest India, 18th century, wood, paint, gilt) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
A marble sculpture of three women in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Equestrian paintings in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2016
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
Fragment of watercolor painting "Umar Comes to look for the Corpse of Mihr-Nigar" (India, c. 1570) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2011
I. Repin s paintings in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
C. Brullov s paintings in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Fragment of a painting (Nicolaes Maes, Old woman spinning, c. 1658) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
Powder flask (Northwest India, 18th century, wood, paint, gilt) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 19, 2011
Falconry scene on watercolor painting "Umar Comes to look for the Corpse of Mihr-Nigar" (India, c. 1570) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2011
Staring at Malevich "Black Square" painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
"A Poet s Alphabet: Heresie Infini" painting (1995 - 2002) by Yury Zharkikh in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Woman s head on a painting of Giampietrino "The repented Magdalene" in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Falconry scene on watercolor painting "Umar Comes to look for the Corpse of Mihr-Nigar" (India, c. 1570) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 12, 2010
Repin painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
Fragment of a painting "Umar comes to look for the corpse of Mihr-Nigar" (Illustration from the Qissa-i Amir Hamza, belonging to Akbar, attributed to Shravana, India, c. 1570, opaque watercolour on cotton) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 5, 2011
G. I. Semiradsky painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
Painting of pine forest in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
Painting "Metro. Escalator" (1985) by Aron Zinshtein in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Hall with paintings in Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas, August 2, 2008
Painting of a man in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
C. Brullov(?) painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
Paintings of C. Brullov in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Powder flask (Northwest India, 18th century, wood, paint, gilt) in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, March 6, 2013
Details of a woman s head on a painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
A. E. Yakovlev and V. I. Shukhaev painting "Harlequin and Piero" in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Detail of a powder flask (Northwest India, 18th century, wood, paint, gilt) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 5, 2011
Kandinsky s paintings in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
Painting of Antoine Watteau "Savoyard with a marmot" in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
Visitors of Russian Museum in front of Vasnetsov(?) painting. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2011
Modern art painting in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, June 22, 2013
Paintings of Malevich in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 13, 2007
Tourists staring on Raphael(?) paintings in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Gold painted calligraphy on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, March 6, 2013
Wall decoration in Gallery of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Painting Devils and the City of Mutants (2012 - 2018) by Alexander Alkhovsky in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
A head in a painting Devils and the City of Mutants (2012 - 2018) by Alexander Alkhovsky in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Fragment of a painting Devils and the City of Mutants (2012 - 2018) by Alexander Alkhovsky in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Detail of a painting Melancholy at the Shore (2013) by Nikolay Rybakov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting The Eucharist (2001) by Sergey Bakin in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting Pioneer Bonfire (1966) by Evgeny Savrasov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting Fairwell of Slavianka (2006) by Konstantin Khudyakov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting Football (1986) by Aron Zinshtein in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Paroxism painting (1993) by Alexander Zagoskin in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting by Andrey Filippov "Rome to Rome" (2016) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Paintings in a room in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Modern painting Triumphal Arch (1999) by Valeriy Lukka in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting by Vyacheslav Mikhailov Vernicle (2006) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting by Vyacheslav Mikhailov "Carnival" (1988) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting by Vyacheslav Mikhailov "Feast in Time of Plague" (1980 - 1982) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting by Vyacheslav Mikhailov "Leapfrog, from the Russian Game Series" (1989) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting Repairing Broken Surface by Yuriy Nikiforov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting by Alexander Kosenkov "Red-cap Mushrooms" (2018) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting by Damir Krivenko "Hacker" (2018) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Head on a painting by Damir Krivenko "Hacker" (2018) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting Self-Portrait (2009) by Tatiana Tulicheva in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting "Red-Blue" (2018) by Igor Mikailenko in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Fragment of a modern colorful painting in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Painting "Sheikh and Burqa (2008) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Fragment of a painting "Selfportrait of Tsvirkunov" in a hallway in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment with a smile on a painting Self-portrait by Yuriy Tatyanin on a hallway in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment of a digital painting "The nature of the golden age" by Adam Martinakis in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Paintings of Adam Martinakis in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
A painting "The inevitability of time" by Adam Martinakis in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Modern installation with Ivan Shishkin painting Rye Fields in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Modern painting with portraits of Soviet leaders in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Installation by Mikhail Kazakov "Overseas" with paintings Odisseya and Lovtsy in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Modern paintings in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Blue and purple paintings in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Exhibition Impaired Consciousness with paintings of Aleksey Semichev and Andrey Kuzmin "Dance" and "Music" in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Painting "Circus Parade" by Justus Jager in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment of a painting by Yury Zharkikh "A Poet s Alphabet: Heresie Infini"(?) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Paintings of Aleksandr Kosenkov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
A hall with modern paintings in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Painting by Andrey Filippov Rome to the Rome and similar art in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Red and black fragment of a painting by Yury Zharkikh in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Red and blue fragment of a painting by Yury Zharkikh in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Texture a painting by Yury Zharkikh in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Some modern paintings in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Art installation by Andrey Filippov Last Supper and a painting by Aleksey Bazanov Protivostoyaniye (Opposition) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment of a painting by Vyacheslav Mikhailov "Feast in Time of Plague" in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment of a painting by Sergey Babkin "Smolenka River" in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Part of a building on some unclear painting in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment of some multicolored painting in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment of a painting by Evgeniy Barsky "Star s Matter" from a triptych in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment of a painting by Evgeniy Barsky "Star s Matter" in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment of a multicolored painting in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Painting of Feliks Volosenkov "Appearance of a god Volos in a form of emerging cosmos" in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Fragment of a painting by Vyacheslav Mikhaylov "Chekharda" in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
Painting of a saint with a bird in Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. California, March 14, 2024
Oil painting Fairies in a Birds Nest by John Anster Christian Fitzgerald in Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. California, March 14, 2024
Painting "The Scream" by Mike Henderson (1966, oil on canvas, 121 x 142 in.) in M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. San Francisco, California, March 16, 2024
Human faces on an oil painting "The Scream" by Mike Henderson in M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. San Francisco, California, March 16, 2024
Painting by Agnes Martin on 4th floor in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "Sulamith" (1983) by Anselm Kiefer in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting Wolundlied (Wayland s Song) (1982) by Anselm Kiefer in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Sculpture "Fiddler s Foot" by John Chamberlain (1978, painted and chromium-plated steel, aluminum, and plastic) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Irregularly shaped paintings of Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Paint drips on sloppily painted artwork "Note I, from the series III Notes from Salalah, 2005-2007" (acrylic paint on wood) by Cy Twombly in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "Interior Landscape" by Helen Frankenthaler (1964) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Large-scale sculpture "Big Crinkly" (1969, metal and paint) by Alexander Calder in outdoor garden (Pat and Bill Wilson Sculpture Terrace) on third floor in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Zulu Renaissance Writing Table for a Lady (1995-96, kiaat, copper, goldleaf, oil paint, and personal and found objects) by Cheryl R. Riley and some assorted paintings in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "Guardians of the Secret" by Jackson Pollock (1943) and "Enigmatic Combat" by Arshile Gorky (1936-1937) behind Zulu Renaissance Writing Table for a Lady by Cheryl R. Riley (1996, wood, glass, metal, paper, paint, and plastic) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting (oil on canvas) "Tomato Plant" by Manoucher Yektai (1959) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "Ham" by Robert Colescott (1999) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "The Veronica" by Jay DeFeo (1957) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "Collection (Combine painting)" by Robert Rauschenberg (1954-1955) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "Leaky Ride for Dr. Leakey" by James Rosenquist in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "Make Hay and Lay Waste While the Sun Shines... Touchdown for the Purpose of Correction, 1990" by Violet Fields in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "Cheii Knew We Were in The White World" by Grace Rosario Perkins (1922, acrylic, spray paint, photograph, and necklace) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Painting "rat brain" by Rodney McMillian (2017, latex, ink, paper, and staples on bed sheet) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Bottom left corner fragment of a painting "rat brain" by Rodney McMillian (2017) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024
Swirly painting on a sphere by Igor Ryazantsev (Rene Reza) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Head of a woman on a painting in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Painting Buddies by Yuriy Sherov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Woman with a pole on a painting Opposition by Aleksey Bazanov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Men with fists on a painting Opposition by Aleksey Bazanov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Sloppily done painting in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Fragment of a painting "Carnival" by Vyacheslav Mikhailov (1988) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Belly of a man(?) on a painting "Feast at the Time of Plague" by Vyacheslav Mikhailov (1990) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Painting "A poet s alphabet" by Yury Zharkikh (1995-2002) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Black and red curves on a painting "A poet s alphabet" by Yury Zharkikh (1995-2002) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Red and blue shapes on a painting "A poet s alphabet" by Yury Zharkikh (1995-2002) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Painting Devils and the City of Mutants (2012 - 2018) by Alexander Alkhovsky in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Painting "Next" by Viktor Gryaznov (2002) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Sculpture "Flesh of the Flesh" by Alexander Rukavishnikov and a painting "Russians are coming II" by Anatoliy Gankevich in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Drinking buddies in a garden on a painting by Yuriy Sherov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Woman with flowers in front of Lenin s monument on a painting by Yuriy Sherov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Painting "Fountain" by Yuriy Sherov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Painting "Grocery Shop Familiar" by Yuriy Sherov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Painting "St. Petersburg. The Moyka" by Ilya Komov (2023) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Red and black cows on a painting in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Self-Portrait painting by Sergey Pasukhin (2014) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Self-Portrait painting by Vladimir Comelfo (2009) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Painting "Self-Portrait" by Felix Volosenkov (2008) in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Paintings for sale in a gift shop in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Painting by Igor Ryazantsev (Rene Reza) made from colored filaments in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
A detail from "The Last Day of Pompeii" by Karl Brullov (1833) showing the central tragedy of the painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2025
A close-up detail from the left-middle section of a huge painting "Phryne at the Festival of Poseidon in Eleusis" (1889) by Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish/Russian, 1843-1902) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2025
Detail from a painting "The Brazen Serpent" (1841) by Fyodor Bruni (1799-1875) showing the head of a bearded man in agony in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2025
Painting Bayan (1910) by Viktor Vasnetsov (1848-1926) showing a legendary Slavic bard (a "Bayan") playing the gusli (a traditional string instrument) to a group of warriors on a hilltop, in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2025
Painting "Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery" (1888) by Vasily Polenov (1844-1927) (the right side of the canvas, where the angry crowd, bearded men in robes, is dragging or presenting the frightened woman) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2025
Intersection on Pikk Street (at Pikk 17), looking towards the Town Hall Square area. The view is dominated by two historically significant buildings and a lively restaurant scene. The large, gabled building on the right (Pikk 17) is the Great Guild Hall, built in 1417. For centuries, this was the meeting place for the city s most powerful merchants (the Great Guild), who controlled the town council. The building is a masterpiece of medieval limestone architecture, featuring a prominent Gothic portal and a high saddle roof. Today, it houses the Estonian History Museum. The smaller archway next to it (right foreground) is a historic passage, the "Bo"rsi ka"ik" (Exchange Passage), leading towards the Holy Spirit Church. Though partially obscured, the building further down the street with the stepped gable is connected to the complex of the Church of the Holy Spirit. This church is famous for its 17th-century painted clock, the oldest in Tallinn, which faces Pikk Street (though not clearly visible from this specific angle). This section of Pikk Street is a major pedestrian artery, connecting the northern part of the Old Town (where St. Olaf s is) to the central Town Hall Square. Tallinn, Estonia, October 16, 2025
