Western European drawning:

The collection of graphic works in the Hermitage is rightly considered one of the best in the world. The pen and pencil drawings, watercolours, chalk drawings and pastels housed in the Hermitage Print Room enable us to trace the evolution of drawing in Western European art from the Renaissance up to present day. Different national schools and artistic trends of Western Europę are amply illustrated in the Hermitage collection. The Flemish, Dutch, and French schools are particularly well represented, as these schools were most popular when the collection was first put together. The collection contains works by Old Masters, such as Titian, Yeronese, Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Dürer, Clouet, and Watteau, and also morę recent masterpieces by Manet, Degas, Liebermann, and Picasso.