The Jasper Room
In the middle of the building, under the cupola, lies the largest room, the Jasper Room.
The ballroom's walls are gloriously decorated with red jasper and grey Silesian marble. The same colors are found in the floor design. The ceiling painting Venus mit ihrem Gefolge (Venus with her Retinue) was created in 1774 by Johann Christolph Frisch.
Decorated panels from both antiquity and the 18th century were attached to the background of red jasper.
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