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| Keywords: House of FabergĂ© - Gatchina Palace Egg - Walters 44500 - Open View B.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator House of FabergĂ© 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 Alexander III and Marie Fedorovna 1901 gold en plein enamel silver-gilt portrait diamonds rock crystal and seed pearls cm 12 7 9 1 accession number 44 500 4432 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 city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 The FabergĂ© Menagerie The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Columbus Museum of Art Columbus; Portland Art Museum Portland 2003-2004 Russian Art Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1959-1960 FabergĂ© A La Vieille Russie Inc New York 1983 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Objects of Vertu Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Carl FabergĂ© in Context Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung Munchen 1986-1987 A Millennium of Christianity Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 The Palaces of St Petersburg Russian Imperial Style Mississippi Arts Pavilion Jackson 1996 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 place of origin St Petersburg Russia PD-old-auto 1920 Gatchina Palace FabergĂ© egg Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
