From Francois I to Louis XIV.
French Ceramics of the 16th - 17h Centuries from the Hermitage Collection

On 4 March an exhibition of 16th-17th century French ceramics from the Hermitage collection opened in the Blue Bedroom of the Winter Palace. This collection is the largest in Russia and its richness compares favorably with the best collections of West European museums. The exhibition features around 80 articles by master craftsmen representing the most significant centers of ceramics production including the celebrated St Porcheres, the ceramics of Bernard Palissy and his followers, sculptures from Fontainebleau and Avon, and French majolica. The Publishing House of the State Hermitage has issued a scholarly illustrated catalogue of the exhibition.

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The exhibition catalogue

At the exhibition