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This room belonged to the suite of five Rooms of War
Paintings, created by Alexander Briullov after the 1837 fire to extol
Russian victories in the period before the Patriotic War of 1812.
The display of 18th-century French art features works by the sculptor
Jean Antoine Houdon. In the centre of the room is his sculpture of
Voltaire that was commissioned by Catherine II. Also to the Empress's
commission Jean-Baptiste Chardin painted a Still Life with Attributes
of the Arts intended for the Imperial Academy of Arts. Particularly
noteworthy in this room are Chardin's Washerwoman and Saying
Grace, as well as the landscapes by Claude-Joseph Vernet and the
still lifes by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. |
