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This imposing hall of the Winter Palace was one of the
five halls constituting the gallery of battle painting designed by
the architect Alexander Briullov after the fire of 1837. The gallery
was used to represent canvases devoted to Russian victories before
the War of 1812. The solemn décor of the hall is created by a combination
of the lavishly adorned ceiling with its gilt and painted decoration
imitating stuccowork, the architectural décor around the doors and
the beautiful inlaid parquet floors. Today the hall displays the exhibition
"French Art and Sculpture of the 1830s to 1860s". Creative activities
of the most brilliant Rococo artist Francois Boucher is represented
by such impressive paintings as: The Rest on the Flight to Egypt (1757),
Pygmalion and Galatea, Pastoral Scene (early 1740s), Landscape in
the Neighbourhood of Beauvais (early 1740s). The hall also features
works by the eminent sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet with the impressive
Cupid (1757) among them. |
