Interior view

The staircase hall in the Residenz as it was finally executed was as Neumann originally conceived it. In his initial plan, he had provided for a small double staircase. It was only in 1735 that he finally decided on his "theatre of light" solution: the free-standing double staircase is set in the staircase hall, and runs straight up in a shallow rise towards the ceiling; it then turns in the opposite direction, swinging further up into the space beneath the surmounting vault.

The ceiling vault was frescoed by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in 1752-53, following the completion of the fresco decoration in the Imperial Hall in 1752.

The picture shows the view of the stairwell.