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This room is on the top floor of the Winter Palace and
was used by high officials under Emperor Nicholas I. The display presents
Iranian applied art from the 17th century: glass jugs and carafes
with elegant elongated necks; lacquered papier-mache pen-cases decorated
with miniature paintings and ornamental motifs. Of interest here are
paintings executed on canvas in the first half of the 19th century,
including two portraits of Fath Ali Shah, the ruler of Iran, by the
artist Mihr-Ali, the painting Fath Ali Shah Inspecting the Persian
Troops and also a work on the theme of the Russo-Persian War of
1806-13: A Battle between the Persians and Russians. |
