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The Large Italian Skylight Hall is the biggest of the
three splendid skylight rooms of the New Hermitage constructed to
the design of Leo von Klenze for the Imperial Museum in the mid-19th
century. The halls, intended for showing large-scale paintings, owe
their names to the vaulted ceilings with glass skylight windows. The
high vaults of the Large Skylight Hall are embellished with impressive
stucco ornaments. The stucco frieze decorates the upper parts of the
walls. The furniture on display was also made according to drawings
by Leo von Klenze. The room is adorned with items made by 19th-century
Russian craftsmen from coloured stones. The exhibition housed in the
room features works by the famous Italian artists of the 17th and
18th centuries, such as Luca Giordano, Giuseppe Crespi, Antonio Canale
and Francesco Guardi. Of particular note are five large decorative
canvases on themes from ancient Roman history by the outstanding 18th-century
Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. |
