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In Leo von Klenze's project this room was to house the
New Hermitage's library of foreign literature. It gets its present
name from the numerous statues of Hercules that it contains. The display
is devoted to the art of Ancient Greece in the late Classical period
(4th century B.C.). We get an idea of the work of the famous sculptors
of that era - Praxiteles, Scopas and Lysippus - from copies made in
the Roman period. The display also includes portraits - of the famous
Greek philosopher Socrates (from an original by Lysippus) and the
statesman Demosthenes (from an original by Polyeuctus). |
