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Imperial Framed Miniature of Tsar Nicholas II
Johannes Zehngraf, Michael Perkhin1896
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The giving of miniatures had long been a common practice among wealthy and aristocratic families by the time Faberge began combining portraits with his richly decorated frames. The Russian imperial family delighted in having these personal mementos and commissioned many different miniatures to place around their private apartments, providing a warm family atmosphere in an otherwise highly formal existence.
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- Title: Imperial Framed Miniature of Tsar Nicholas II
- Creator: Johannes Zehngraf (Russian, 1857–1908), Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903), House of Fabergé, (Russian, 1842–1918)
- Date Created: 1896
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 15.3 x 5 x 5 cm (6 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Tsar Nicholas II [1868-1918] and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna [1872-1918], purchased from the maker, November 22, 1896 (by tsarina), Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Russia, Provisional Russian Government, Kremlin, Moscow, (The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures [A La Vielle Russie], New York, NY), India Early Minshall [1885-1965], Cleveland, OH; bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Portrait Miniature
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.458.1
- Medium: jade, gold, rubies, gouache, ivory, glass
- Inscriptions: miniatures inscribed: Zehngraf., Marks underneath base: 56, crossed anchors [assay mark for St. Petersburg, 1882-96]; hallmark for workmaster Mikhail Perkhin (in Cyrillic); FABERGE (in Cyrillic); scratched 312 H, BMM 1+.
- Fun Fact: This painted miniature is one of two miniatures that were personal gifts from the tsar and tsarina to one another in 1896, a year after the birth of their firstborn child, Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna. The tsar gave this miniature of himself to his wife, and she gave the one of the baby to him.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
- Credit Line: The India Early Minshall Collection
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1966.458.1
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