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The Main Staircase served as the entrance to the Imperial
Museum (New Hermitage) from its opening in 1852 until the 1917 October
revolution. The building was created to Nicholas I's commission by
the architect Leo von Klenze. This interior is marked by harmonious
proportions and a noble colour scheme. The polished artificial marble
of the high walls is reminiscent of Sienese marble in colour. Twenty
grey granite columns adorn the upper gallery. Wrought-iron railings
soften the austerity of the architectural treatment of the staircase.
Placed on the upper landing are works of 19th-century European sculpture
as well as vases and torchères made by Russian stonecutters
in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
