Babayan Anahit

THE MAIN STAIRCASE
Architect : Rastrelli
Reconstructed in marble stylized in imitation of the Rococo by Ippolito Monighetti
Marble sculptures:Cupid Sleeping and Cupid Awakening(by Victor Brodzsky)

THE GREAT HALL
Architect : Rastrelli
696 candles
floor area of over 800 square metres
the decorative sculptor Johann Franz Duncker
The second name:the Bright Gallery

THE CAVALIERS’ DINING-ROOM
Created to Rastrelli’s design
1860:the Silver Dining-Room
Redecoration :by Andrei Stakenschneider

THE WHITE STATE DINING-ROOM
Architect : Rastrelli
The painting :The Triumph of Apollo

THE CRIMSON AND GREEN PILASTER ROOMS
The stove are decorated with little scenes featuring personages
In the centre of the room is Chinese-made chess

THE PORTRAIT HALL
Large formal portraits of Catherine I, by Ivan Adolsky and Empress Elizabeth, by Heinrich Buchholtz
The unique paper sculpture of the Empress in her official court attire made by the world-renowned Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave

THE AMBER ROOM
Created by Rastrelli
Floor area :96 square metres
450 kilogrammes of amber were used
by 1770 the creation of the Amber Room was complete
There are allegorical depictions of the senses designed by Giuseppe Dzokki: Sight, Taste, Hearing and (together) Touch and Smell

THE PICTURE HALL
Floor area :180 square metres
The collection of painting by the artist Georg Grooth
Including architectural compositions by Emanuel de Witte, genre scenes by Adriaen van Ostade and David Teniers, landscapes by Jan Both, still lifes by Jan de Heem and Jan Fyt, and also works by French and Italian artists