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Gatchina Palace Egg

House of Fabergé

Gatchina Palace Egg, an Imperial Easter egg made by the House of Fabergé in 1901 and presented to Maria Feodorovna.

Date
1901
Collection
Walters Art Museum

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Record

The House of Fabergé made the Gatchina Palace Egg as an Imperial Easter egg in 1901. Nicholas II of Russia commissioned the egg as an Easter gift. The egg was presented to Maria Feodorovna for Easter in 1901. The Imperial egg was made by Fabergé in Saint Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914). The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Walters Art Museum. In this record, Walters Art Museum is the latest publicly identified holder because the cited institutional or location source records the egg there. The documented connections used for this entry are the House of Fabergé as maker, Nicholas II of Russia as commissioner, Maria Feodorovna as recipient, and Saint Petersburg as the place of manufacture.

Origin
Saint Petersburg

In the Tapestry

Associated with · 1901
Nicholas II of RussiaA
Presented to · 1901
Maria FeodorovnaA
Made in · 1901
Saint PetersburgA
Made by · 1901
House of FabergéA
Owned by · documented 2015 or later
Walters Art MuseumC

Provenance and history

  1. 1901

    Presented to Maria FeodorovnaA

    Nicholas II of Russia commissioned the Imperial Easter egg and presented it to Maria Feodorovna.

  2. 2015

    Recorded with Walters Art MuseumB

    The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Walters Art Museum.

Sources

  1. A

    Fabergé Research Site, 'Fabergé Imperial Egg Chronology'

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  2. B

    Fabergé Research Site, 'Locations of the 50 Imperial Fabergé Eggs'

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  3. C

    Walters Art Museum, 'Artwork by House of Fabergé'

    Catalogue record

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