The Hall of Peace

This hall is located symmetrically to the Hall of War on the other side of the Greek Hall; it begins the Southern Suite of the state rooms of Maria Feodorovna. The architectural volumes and the location of the decorative elements are exactly a reflection of the Hall of War, differing only in the themes of the stucco and carved decor. This hall is dominated by pastoral motifs and symbols of earthly abundance. The attributes of peaceful rural life, art, and love are depicted: agricultural tools, musical instruments, ears of cereals, and baskets of fruits and flowers. A round stove is crowned with the figure of a peacock, the bird of the goddess Juno, the patroness of marriage and family happiness. The reliefs in the lunettes of the vault were executed in 1804 by sculptors Semyon Teglev, Mikhail Aleksandrov-Uvazhny, and Ivan Terebenyov, mainly based on the 18th-century engravings Semyon Teglev Ivan Terebenyov. There are antique busts in the niches, just like in the Hall of War.

Initially, this hall was also conceived as the State Drawing Room in the women's half, then it turned into the Throne Room of the Empress Maria Feodorovna, so a throne under a canopy was placed in it. After the fire of 1803, this room became the State Drawing Room again, being the first room in the Southern Suite of Maria Feodorovna's state rooms. In the corners of the hall, there are eight carved gilded guéridons (stands) with bronze candelabra of French work of the 18th century. The guéridons were recreated after the war by carver V. Polyakin based on photographs and analogies. The niches hold ancient Roman busts of the 2nd–early 3rd centuries CE: Julia Domna, the wife of Septimius Severus and the mother of Caracalla, a Roman woman in the role of Juno, and an unknown Roman woman. A French lantern in gilded bronze, the same as the one in the Hall of War, lights the room. At the window on the central axis is a paired vase of the Sevres Manufactory, and opposite the window on the axis with the rooms of the Southern suite is a masterpiece of the historical collection of Pavlovsk: a crystal tripod of Russian work of the early 19th century. Initially placed in this hall in 1810, it was saved in evacuation. However, the carved glass bowl had cracks and chips and required careful restoration. This serious work was carried out by restorer D. A. Rosenthal of OOO Studia N. B. Yuzhakovoy in 2007.