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Gatchina Palace Egg   (  )
Artist	House of Fabergé       Alternative names Дом Фаберже Description Russian Company founded by Gustav Fabergé Date of birth 1842 Authority file : Q2567352 VIAF: 128994928 ISNI: 0000000115474557 LCCN: n79104269 SUDOC: 157295745 NKC: kn20050504024 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q2567352 Peter Carl Fabergé  (1846–1920)      Alternative names English: Karl Gustavovich Fabergé Description Russian jeweler, inventor and goldsmith Date of birth/death 30 May 1846 24 September 1920  Location of birth/death Saint Petersburg Pully Work location Saint Petersburg  Authority file : Q189762 VIAF: 82755295 ISNI: 0000000121415553 ULAN: 500066993 LCCN: n79104286 NLA: 35293481 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q189762 Mikhail Perkhin (Russian, 1860-1903)
Title	Gatchina Palace Egg
Description	English: 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.
Date	1901 date QS:P571,+1901-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	gold, "en plein" enamel, silver-gilt, portrait diamonds, rock crystal and seed pearls
Dimensions	height: 12.7 cm (5 in); width: 9.1 cm (3.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,12.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,9.1U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	44.500
Place of creation	St. Petersburg, Russia
Object history	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] 1930: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	The Fabergé 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. Fabergé. 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 Fabergé 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.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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