Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens : Flemish painters from the Hermitage ; [catalogue for the Exhibition Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens. Flemish Painters from the Hermitage from 17 September 2011 to 16 March 2012, organised by the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and Hermitage Amsterdam]

This book gives an excellent overview of Flemish art from the Hermitage in St Petersburg. A large proportion was acquired in the eighteenth century by Catherine the Great, from superb collections such as those of Crozat and Brühl, which she bought up in their entirety. Many of these paintings origi...

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