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This is one of the three huge top-lit halls of the New
Hermitage, designed by Leo von Klenze for the Imperial Museum in the
mid-19th century. The high vault and the frieze of the hall are richly
decorated with gilt moulded arabesques. The open surfaces of the walls
give much place for canvases of different size. Leo von Klenze made
sketches for the carved and gilt furniture specially for this interior.
This set can still be seen in the hall. The décor of the room includes
two tables and two vases of Badakhshan lapis lazuli made at the Ekaterinburg
and Peterhof Lapidary Works in the mid-19th century. Among paintings
of Italian art of the 16th and 17th centuries of particular interest
are: The Conversion of Saul (ca 1570) by Paolo Veronese, The Nativity
of John the Baptist (1550s) by Jacopo Tintoretto, Three Maries at
the Tomb (late 16th century) by Annibale Carracci, The Ascension of
the Madonna (1623) by Guercino; The Youth of Mary (between 1640 and
1642) by Guido Reni and Portrait of Pope Clement IX (1669) by Carlo
Maratti. |
