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The Great Hall of the Winter Palace (1,103 sq. m in
area) was designed by Vasily Stasov after the fire of 1837 and replaced
the state room constructed to the design of Giacomo Quarenghi in the
late 1790s. The hall is decorated in white colour: the columns and
walls are covered with white artificial marble, the edge of the ceiling
is painted in grisaille. The crystal chandeliers, slightly covered
with gold, and the inlaid parquet floor relieve the monotony of the
strict décor of the hall.The Great Hall gains its particular magnificence
due to the huge Corinthian columns arranged along the perimeter with
a stucco entablature resting on them. After the death of Nicholas
I (1855) the large official portrait of the Emperor, painted by Franz
Kruger, was placed here and the hall was named after the Tsar. The
main hall of the Nevsky suite of rooms, the Great Hall was intended
for official ceremonies and balls. |
