Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries

Permanent event at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

7 January 2019

Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum

The Knights’ Room houses part of the Hermitage's extremely rich collection of arms and armour that numbers around 15,000 items.

The display of Western European artistic arms of the 15th to 17th century presents a wide range of tournament, parade and hunting gear, as well as knights’ cold steel and fire-arms.

They include works by famous craftsmen who worked in the finest armouries in Germany, Spain, France, Italy.

The State Hermitage Museum

The Hermitage is considered to have been founded in 1764, when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of works from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. The museum celebrates the anniversary of its founding each year on 7 December, St. Catherine’s Day.

Museum profile

Location

St Petersburg, Russia

Founded in

2013

Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum

Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum