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In this room Leo von Klenze proposed placing one of
the libraries of the Imperial Museum. The walls are finished with
stucco (artificial marble) and decorated with ornamental painting.
The columns were made from red Finnish granite. This room presents
Roman copies of works by Greek sculptors of the second half of the
5th and early 4th centuries B.C. Outstanding among these works is
a relief of The Death of Niobe's Children, the composition
of which was inspired by the decoration of the throne for Phidias's
famous statue of Olympian Zeus at Elis. Part of the display consists
of Grecian vases from the second half of the 6th and the 5th
centuries B.C. |
