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Printed from: http://petersburgcity.com/news/culture/2004/04/09/columns/ Culture news, 09.04.2004 12:06 New Hermitage's Hall of Twenty Columns reopens following reconstruction![]() In the course of the restoration work the wall painting was cleaned; the pigment layer of the painting and the plaster foundation were both strengthened. The mosaic floo, made in the Petershof lapidary works in 1851 according to a design prepared by Leo von Klenz, has also been restored. The restoration of the Hall of Twenty Columns is one more way in which the150th anniversary of the New Hermitage's building is being observed.
News source: www.hermitage.ru
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