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This room of the Old (Large) Hermitage with two tiers
of windows contains two of the museum's masterpieces - two works by
one of the greatest Renaissance masters - Leonardo da Vinci. The
Benois Madonna, one of the artist's undisputed creations, and
The Litta Madonna. When decorating the room in 1858, the architect
Andrei Stakenschneider combined light-coloured stucco with colourful
stone (porphyry and jasper columns, lapis-lazuli insets in the marble
fireplaces) and gilding. The room is further adorned by painted panels
and ceiling paintings. The doors are decorated in the Boulle technique
with tortoiseshell veneer and gilded brass. |
