The Twenty-Column Hall, designed by the architect Leo von Klenze Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Twenty-Column Hall in the New Hermitage was designed to be used for the display of ancient vases in the Imperial Museum and still used for that purpose today. In keeping with the architect Leo von Klenze’s concept, the decoration of the hall forms a single whole with the display. The general appearance of the hall with its twin rows of monolithic columns carved from Serdobol granite produces the impression of a Greek temple. The capitals of the columns, the coffered ceiling and the walls are covered with ornamental painting employing motifs taken from the decoration of ancient vases. In imitation of the traditions of Antiquity, the floor is finished in the stone mosaic technique. The cases, made of Karelian birch wood and amaranth, were specially designed for showing vases. The display presents the collection of art from Ancient Italy between the late 9th and 2nd centuries BC, mainly vases from Etruria and the southern regions of the peninsula.
Size: 3672px × 5508px
Location: Hermitage museum, Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
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