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18th and 19th Century Art; Objects: Minerals & Inorganics
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William Johnston; Jennifer Harr
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Gatchina Palace
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Manufacturer: House of Fabergé; Workmaster: Mikhail Perkhin; Other: Peter Carl Fabergé
Gatchina Palace Egg
1901
objects: minerals & inorganics; eggs; vessels
gold, "en plein" enamel, silver-gilt, portrait diamonds, rock crystal and seed pearls
H: 5 x W: 3 9/16 in. (12.7 x 9.1 cm)
The Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Maryland, United States)
Place of Origin: Sankt-Peterburg
Centre Street: Fourth Floor: 19th-Century Painting
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Fabergé's revival of 18th-century enameling techniques, including the application of multiple layers of translucent enamel over "guilloché," or mechanically engraved gold, is demonstrated in the shell of the egg. When opened, the egg reveals a miniature replica of the Gatchina Palace, the Dowager Empress's principal residence outside St. Petersburg. So meticulously did Fabergé's workmaster, Mikhail Perkhin, execute the palace that one can discern such details as cannons, a flag, a statue of Paul I (1754-1801), and elements of the landscape, including parterres and trees.
Continuing a practice initiated by his father, Alexander III, Tsar Nicholas II presented this egg to his mother, the dowager empress Marie Fedorovna, on Easter 1901. The egg opens to reveal as a surprise a miniature gold replica of the palace at Gatchina, located 30 miles southwest of St. Petersburg. Built for Count Grigorii Orlov, the palace was acquired by Tsar Paul I and served as the winter residence for Alexa
18th and 19th Century Art; eggs; vessels; Gatchina Palace ; miniature ; Easter ; decorative ; czar ; Romanoff
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Tsar Nicholas II, St. Petersburg; Dowager Empress Marie Fedorovna, St. Petersburg, April 1, 1901, by gift [retained in Anichkov Palace until 1917]; Alexandre Polovtsoff, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201 USA
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Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
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