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The Pavilion Hall in the Small Hermitage was created
in the middle of the 19th century by Andrei Stakenschneider. In it
the architect combined architectural motifs from Antiquity, the Renaissance
and the Arabic East. The interior is rendered particularly striking
by the combination of light-coloured marble with gilded mouldings
and the fine gleam of the crystal-glass chandeliers. The hall is adorned
by four marble fountains - variations on the Fountain of Tears at
the Bakhchisarai Palace in the Crimea. In the southern part of the
room a mosaic is set into the floor - a copy of one found during excavations
of ancient Roman thermae. The hall houses the famous Peacock
Clock (James Cox, 1770s), acquired by Catherine II, and a collection
of mosaics. |
