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The Concert Hall that concludes the Winter Palace's
Neva Enfilade was created by the architect Vasily Stasov after the
1837 fire. Its Classical architectural composition was executed in
austere tones of white and follows the divisions and rhythms of the
adjoining Nicholas Hall, the largest in the palace. Paired Corinthian
columns support a cornice bearing statues of the ancient muses and
the goddess Flora. The huge silver reliquary of St Alexander Nevsky
was created in St Petersburg to a commission from Empress Elizabeth
Petrovna. In 1922 this shrine was transferred to the State Hermitage
from the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. |
