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This is one of the three most lavishly decorated halls
of the New Hermitage, the building designed by Leo von Klenze for
the Imperial Museum in 1851. The huge vault and the frieze are decorated
with moulded and gilt arabesques. The vase and the standard lamps
made of grey Korgon porphyry in combination with ormolu produce an
impression of truly palatial luxury. The room was originally intended
for the Flemish School. Among the paintings of the greatest Spanish
artists one can see such famous canvases as Luncheon and Portrait
of Count Olivarez (1638) by Diego Velazquez; St Sebastian and St Irene
(1628), St Onuphrius (1637) and St Jerome with an Angel (1626) by
Jose de Ribera; St Lawrence (1636) and The Girlhood of the Virgin
(late 1650s -1660s) by Francisco de Zurbaran; Portrait of the Actress
Antonia Zarate (between 1658 and 1660) by Francisco Goya. The large
collection of works by Bartolome Esteban Murillo is represented by
Isaac's Blessing (ca1660), Jacob's Dream (1660-65), A Boy with a Dog
(between 1655 and 1660) and others. |
