The Small Italian Skylight Room in the New Hermitage is one of three enormous interiors lit from above. The vaults of the room are richly decorated with gilded mouldings. The 16th- and 17th-century paintings to be seen here are part of the display of Italian art, one of the largest in the Hermitage. This display occupies 29 rooms and spans a period from the 13th to the 18th century. Particularly noteworthy in this room are works by Veronese and Tintoretto, and also those of artists of the Bolognese and Roman schools, including Annibale Carracci, Guercino, Guido Reni and Carlo Maratti. The room is adorned by the works of 19th-century Russian stonecutters.
