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accession number:	1966.458.1
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Imperial Framed Miniature of Tsar Nicholas II, 1896. Johannes Zehngraf (Russian, 1857–1908), Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903), House of Fabergé, (Russian, 1842–1918). Jade, gold, 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:				Imperial Framed Miniature of Tsar 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
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culture:	Russia, St. Petersburg
technique:	jade, gold, rubies, gouache, ivory, glass
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

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

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

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

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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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	inscription:	miniatures inscribed:  Zehngraf.
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	inscription:	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+.
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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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (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-May 5, 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, Cleveland, OH (March 12-May 11, 1997).

	title:		Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique 
	opening date:   2008-10-19T04:00:00
	<i>Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009).

	title:		Fabergé: Romance to Revolution
	opening date:   2021-11-20T05:00:00
	<i>Fabergé: Romance to Revolution</i>. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (November 20, 2021-May 8, 2022) https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/faberge.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<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).', 'opening_date': '1902-03-01T00:00:00'}

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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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			* <div><!--block-->Imperial provenance discovered in Russian state ledgers by Kieran McCarthy, Wartski, London, 2019.</div>
			
			
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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hawley, Henry H. <em>Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 24-5, cat 8
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/836254532

	Habsburg, Géza von, and David Park Curry. <em>Fabergé in America</em>. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced:  p. 107, cat. 83.
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/34433639

	Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. <em>Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 178, cat 59, fig. 64
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/230187932

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