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Red Cross Portraits Egg

House of Fabergé

Red Cross Portraits Egg, an Imperial Easter egg made by the House of Fabergé in 1915 and presented to Maria Feodorovna.

Date
1915
Collection
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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Record

The House of Fabergé made the Red Cross Portraits Egg as an Imperial Easter egg in 1915. Nicholas II of Russia commissioned the egg as an Easter gift. The egg was presented to Maria Feodorovna for Easter in 1915. The Imperial egg was made by Fabergé in Saint Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914). The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In this record, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 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 · 1915
Nicholas II of RussiaA
Presented to · 1915
Maria FeodorovnaA
Made in · 1915
Saint PetersburgA
Made by · 1915
House of FabergéA
Owned by · documented 2015 or later
Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsC

Provenance and history

  1. 1915

    Presented to Maria FeodorovnaA

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

  2. 2015

    Recorded with Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsB

    The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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

    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 'Fabergé Collection Fact Sheet'

    Catalogue record

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