Stained glass from the 13th to 18th centuries decorates the windows of the large ‘Italian Hall’. It is located at the front of the building and is furnished in the neo-Gothic style. During the lifetime of the couple, three of the five windows were decorated with stained glass. The first window is dominated by the large stained-glass window The Miracle of Pentecost (inv. no. 301 БР МХ; cat. no. 19), the second window contains five small panels with coats of arms and images of saints. The small side window is decorated with a 14th-century Italian stained-glass window depicting the Archangel Gabriel (fig. 7).1 In 1919, there were only two front windows decorated with stained-glass panes, but by 1923 all four were. The stained-glass panes were dismantled during the Second World War. Since then, they have never been displayed together again. A series of panes in the ‘Delft Dining Room’ is an impressive example of ornamental stained glass from the late 19th and early 20th centuries (fig. 8). The ornamentation consists of stained glass in various geometric shapes covering the entire window area, and its possessions were confiscated or destroyed in the first half of the 20th century. Reconstructing the entire Khanenko collection and returning it to its homeland is therefore one of the most pressing issues. The peculiarity of the Khanenko Museum is that the building and the works of art inside it form a single artistic ensemble. One of the most spectacular and mysterious elements of this complex are the stained-glass panels that decorate the state rooms of the villa and are also the part of the Khanenko collection, and about which very little is known. The stained glass can be divided into two groups. The first group consists of stained glass from the 13th to the 18th centuries, acquired as individual works of art. Today the collection includes twelve of these panes, making it the largest museum collection of such artefacts in Ukraine. The second group includes the multi-coloured glass decorations of several doors and windows in the villa. Commissioned by the couple, they are important decorative elements of their living spaces. Fig. 6 Museum halls in 1943 Fig. 5 Islamic art in the ‘Italian Hall’ of the Khanenkos’ mansion, c. 1910 1 Lost during the Second World War. 17 16
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