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accession number:	1966.458.1
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Framed Miniature: Portrait of Czar Nicholas II, 1896. House of Fabergé, (Russian, 1842-1918), Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860-1903), Johannes Zehngraf (Russian, 1857-1908). Gold, jade, rubies, gouache, ivory, glass; overall: 15.3 x 5 x 5 cm (6 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.458.1

title:				Framed Miniature: Portrait of Czar Nicholas II
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creation date:			1896
creation date earliest:		1896
creation date latest:		1896
current location:		211 Fabergé
creditline:			The India Early Minshall Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	Russia, St. Petersburg, late 19th Century
technique:	gold, jade, rubies, gouache, ivory, glass
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* House of Fabergé, (Russian, 1842-1918)  - maker

* Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860-1903)  - workmaster

* Johannes Zehngraf (Russian, 1857-1908)  - miniaturist

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measurements: Overall: 15.3 x 5 x 5 cm (6 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	miniatures inscribed:  Zehngraf.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (November 29-December 31, 1967).

	title:		Fabergé in America
	opening date:   1996-02-12T00:00:00
	<i>Fabergé in America</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (February 12-April 28, 1996); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (organizer) (May 25-July 28, 1996); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (August 24-November 2, 1996); New Orleans Museum of Art (December 7, 1996-February 8, 1997); The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 9-May 11, 1997).

	title:		Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique 
	opening date:   2008-09-15T00:00:00
	<i>Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (February 7-May 31, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Charity Exhibition of Fabergé Artistic Objects, Old Miniatures, and Snuff Boxes (Выставка художественных произведений К. Фаберже в особняке П.П. фон Дервиза, Санкт-Петербург). </em>Baron von Dervis Mansion, Saint Petersburg, Russia (March 1902).

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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
	date: 1896-1918
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			* Imperial provenance discovered in Russian state ledgers by Kieran McCarthy, Wartski, London, 2019.
			
			
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	Provisional Russian Government, Kremlin, Moscow
	date: 1917-1922
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	(The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures [A La Vielle Russie], New York, NY)
	date: ?-1948
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	India Early Minshall [1885-1965], Cleveland, OH; bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1948-1966
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1966
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fun fact: 
These two painted miniatures were personal gifts from the tsar and tsarina to one another in 1896, a year after the birth of their first-born child, Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna.

digital description: 
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.

wall description: 
The painted miniatures depict Tsar Nicholas II and his first-born daughter, Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Habsburg, Géza von, and David Park Curry. <em>Fabergé in America</em>. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996.
	page number: 	Cat. No. 83; Reproduced: p. 107
	url:		

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