- MAGAZINE
- ARTICLES
- RUSSIA’S GOLDEN MAP
- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
- EXCLUSIVE PUBLICATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA
- EVENTS
- HERITAGE
- MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN ART
- “GRANY” FOUNDATION PRESENTS
- 150th ANNIVERSARY OF TRETYAKOV GALLERY
- NEW ACQUISITIONS
- ART COLLECTORS AND PATRONS
- COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS
- AUCTIONS
- POINT OF VIEW
- INVESTIGATIONS AND FINDS
- WORLD MUSEUMS
- MUSEUMS OF RUSSIA
- ARTISTS ON ARTISTS
- ART SCHOOLS OF RUSSIA
- ARTISTIC DYNASTY
- PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
- PROJECTS
- News
- Foundation “GRANY”
- SUBSCRIPTION
- WHERE TO BUY
- Contact
Art objects
Miscellaneous
Mosaic table
After a design of Jacopo Martini (1716-1793).
Pererhof Lapidary Factory (mosaic set); workshop of Yermolay Erlant (table supports). 1772-1779 (?)
#3 2017 (56)
25984
Miscellaneous
Paired Vases. China
Mid-19th century
Peterhof Museum-Reserve
#3 2017 (56)
25985
Miscellaneous
St. Ambrose of Milan
Mosaic. 12th century
Palatine Chapel, Palermo
#1 2018 (58)
25987
Miscellaneous
St. Ambrose of Milan
Mosaic. 11th century
St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice
#1 2018 (58)
25988
Miscellaneous
Embroidered gonfalon of Milan depicting St. Ambrose
16th century
Museum of Ancient Art, Sforza Castle, Milan
#1 2018 (58)
25989
Miscellaneous
Album: “The Imperial Porcelain Factory. Easter Eggs. St. Petersburg. Private Collection”
Project manager: Natella Voiskounski; Author: Ivan Golsky.
Moscow, GRANY
Foundation, 2017. 426 pp.: illustrated.
#2 2018 (59)
25990
Miscellaneous
“Lithographs of the Imperial Hermitage Gallery by the French artists Dupressoir, Emile Robillard and Hippolyte Robillard, Huot, et al.”
Printed by Paul Petit. Dedicated to Her Majesty the Empress of Russia and under the special patronage of Her Imperial Highness. Volumes 1 and 2. St. Petersburg, Gohier-Defontaines and Paul Petit.
Volume 1 (1845): 1 title page, 1 dedication page, 32 pages and 55 illustrations.
Volume 2 (1847): 1 title page, 32 pages, 57 illustrations.
52.5 × 38.7 cm
Text in Russian and French.
#2 2018 (59)
25991
Miscellaneous
Michael the Archangel
Porcelain tablet painted with a copy of “Michael the Archangel” (Inv. title: Tablet with image of St. George)
Painter: Alexander Nesterov.
IPF. 1844
State Hermitage.
The Imperial Porcelain Factory Museum
#2 2018 (59)
25992
Miscellaneous
Saint (thought to be St. Alexandra)
Porcelain tablet with image of a Saint (thought to be St. Alexandra)
IPF. 1825-1855
State Hermitage.
The Imperial Porcelain Factory Museum
#2 2018 (59)
25993
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1860-1870s (?)
Bisque, perforation, relief.
Height - 8.2 cm
#2 2018 (59)
25994
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “Madonna and Child with an Angel”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1870s
Underglaze cobalt, overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 10.9 cm
Egg with painting after “Nursing Madonna with an Angel” by Antonio da Correggio. 1489-1534.
Purchased by Imperial Hermitage (State Hermitage, inv. № ГЭ-87) from I. Kazanova in Dresden, Germany.
The work is currently housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Inv. № 55)
#2 2018 (59)
25995
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “Madonna and Child”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1870s
Signed by porcelain painter’s initials: A.S.
Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 11.2 cm
Egg with painting after “Madonna and Child” (1787) by Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530)
From the Imperial Hermitage collection
#2 2018 (59)
25996
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “The Allegory of Faith”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1845-1855
Overglaze laying, overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 9.1 cm
Egg with painting after “The Allegory of Faith” by Moretto da Brescia (1498-1554). c. 1540.
Acquired by the Imperial Hermitage collection (inv. № ГЭ-20) in 1772 from the Paris collection of L.-A. Crozat, Baron de Thiers (1661-1740).
#2 2018 (59)
25997
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “Christ Carrying the Cross”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1845-1855
Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 8.5 cm
Egg with painting after “Christ Carrying the Cross” by Lodovico Carracci (1555-1619)
Acquired by the Imperial Hermitage (Inv. № ГЭ-1613) in 1779 from the collection of François Tronschen (1704-1798) in Geneva, Switzerland.
The painting is currently attributed to an unknown 17th century artist of the Bolognese School.
#2 2018 (59)
25998
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “Rest of the Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1870s
Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 9.1 cm
Egg with painting after the print from “Rest on the Flight into Egypt” (1630-1635) by Pier Francesco Mola (1612-1666). Currently at the National Gallery, London
#2 2018 (59)
25999
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “St. Mary Magdalene”
Imperial Porcelain Factory,St. Petersburg. 1830-1840s
Signed with painter’s initials: A.P.
Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt on paste, diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 8.8 cm
Egg with painting after the print from “St. Mary Magdalene” by Guido Reni (1634-1635). Currently at the National Gallery, London
#2 2018 (59)
26000
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg "Angels Came and Ministered unto Christ in the Desert"
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1830s
Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt on porcelain.
Height - 8.4 cm
In 2001 the painting on this Easter Egg was mistakenly identified as “Three Angels by the Oak of Mamre”.
#2 2018 (59)
26001
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “Jesus Christ and the Samaritan Woman”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1870s
Overglaze polychrome painting, enamel, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 8.2 cm
#2 2018 (59)
26002
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg "The Annunciation"
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1830-1840s
Underglaze cobalt laying, overglaze polychrome painting, platinatation, gilt on porcelain.
Height - 8.9 cm
Egg with painting after the print from “The Annunciation” by Pierre Dulin (1669-1748)
#2 2018 (59)
26003
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1750-1760s
Overglaze monochrome painting, gilt on porcelain.
Height - 6.7 cm
Egg with painting on one side after the print “The Annunciation”. The State Hermitage online digital catalogue lists a 19th century lithograph of an earlier composition “The Annunciation” by the lithographer Legris.
Inv.: ОГ-391883
#2 2018 (59)
26004
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg "The Infant Christ with a Floral Wreath"
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1862-1870s
Signed with the painter’s initial: P.
Overglaze polychrome painting, enamel, gilt, diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 9.0 cm
Egg with painting after the print from a fragment of “The Infant Christ with a Floral Wreath” by Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) (1663).
It is possible that the source of this lithograph was the literary and artistic monthly periodical “Art Galleries of Europe. Notable Works from Various European Schools of Painting”, published by Maurycy Wolff (1825-1883) and edited by the renowned art scholar Alexander Andreev (1830-1891) in St. Petersburg in 1862-1864.
#2 2018 (59)
26005
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg "The Virgin Mary"
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1840-1850s
Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 8.6 cm
In 2001 the painting on this Easter Egg was mistakenly identified as the image of St. Catherine.
#2 2018 (59)
26006
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “Virgin Mary and Child”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1850-1860s
Signed with porcelain painter’s initials: K.Z.
Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 11.2 cm
Egg painted with a motif from a copy of “Virgin Mary and Child with St. Francis of Paola” (1703-1705) by Francesco Solimena (1657-1747), currently in the Old Masters Gallery in Dresden, Germany.
#2 2018 (59)
26007
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “Madonna and Child”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1880-1898
Painter Fyodor Torachkov (1834-1898; Θ. Т.)
Overglaze laying, overglaze polychrome painting, gilt on paste, porcelain.
Height - 10.9 cm
#2 2018 (59)
26008
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg "The St. Great Martyr Alexandra"
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1860-1870s
Painter Mikhail Kryukov (signed M.K.)
Overglaze laying, overglaze polychrome painting, enamel, gilt, diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 10.8 cm
The frame over the painting on the egg erroneously identifies the image as that of St. Olga, but it is the St. Great Martyr Alexandra who is depicted here, holding a palm branch and a sword. A wood panel with a painting of St. Alexandra with all her attributes, exhibited in the permanent collection of the Imperial Porcelain Factory Museum, was instrumental in correcting the error. Alexandra of Rome is a Christian saint revered as a martyr. We know about Alexandra from the life of St. George, where she is identified as an empress, the wife of Emperor Diocletian.
Alexandra, who witnessed the suffering of St. George and God's repeated miraculous succour, accepted Christ as her Saviour and openly declared her faith, for which her husband sentenced her to be beheaded.
#2 2018 (59)
26009
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg with inscription “Michael the Archangel”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1860-1870s
Painter: Alexander Tychagin (A.Т.)
Overglaze laying, overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, diverging pattern on porcelain; silk ribbon.
Height - 11.0 cm
Painted egg after the work “Archangel Michael Fights Satan” presumably ascribed to Timofei Neff (1805-1876).
A porcelain tablet with the complete original painting from the permanent exhibition of the Imperial Porcelain Factory Museum was instrumental in clarifying the origin of the composition.
#2 2018 (59)
26010
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “St. Alexei, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1850-1860s
Painted by N. Voronin (signed N.V.)
Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 10.6 cm
Egg with painting after the icon “St. Alexei, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia” (1847-1848), by Fyodor Bryullov (1793-1869) crafted for St. Isaac’s Cathedral, St. Petersburg. The inscription “Gregory of Nazianzus” in the frame above the image is mistaken.
In 2001 the painting on this Easter Egg was erroneously attributed as a copy of a work by Timofei Neff (1805-1876).
#2 2018 (59)
26011
Miscellaneous
Easter Egg “View of Children's Island in the Alexander Park at Tsarskoye Selo”
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1870s
Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.
Height - 8.8 cm
Egg with painting after the lithograph by Karl Kolman (1786-1846) “View of Children's Island in the Alexander Park at Tsarskoye Selo” (1830). During the reign of Nicholas I, an island on the pond at the Tsarskoye Selo park was fitted out for his son and heir Alexander as a place to play and study. In 1830 the architect Alexei Gornostayev (1808-1862) oversaw the building of a small children’s playhouse, designed by the architect Vasily Stasov (1769-1848). In 1830 Karl Merder (1787-1834), the heir’s tutor, suggested that the children think of a motto for the island, which had become their home. The result of their collective creative effort was a drawing of “a cliff, washed clean with water, an ant, and an anchor”, symbolizing “persistence, action, and hope”. Presumably, the ant, as the symbol of the Children’s Island, later lent its name to the handwritten magazine “The Ant”, which the heir, with the help of his friends, started “publishing” in 1831. When the children of Alexander II and his brothers grew old enough, they continued to explore the territories previously “occupied” by their parents. Alexander II passed his love for the Children’s Island to his children and grandchildren. The children of Nicholas I, Alexei and his sisters, the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, enjoyed playing here, boating on the pond, planting flowers and shovelling snow in the winter. They were often joined by their father.
#2 2018 (59)
26012
Miscellaneous
Kiddush Jug with Images of Magen David
Transparent turquoise green (aquamarine) glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of faceted beads; gold painting.
Height - 26.5 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26013
Miscellaneous
Kiddush Glass with Images of Magen David and Ner Tamid
Transparent blue (cobalt) and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of cabochons; enamel and gold painting.
Height - 23.4 сm, diameter - 10.6 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26014
Miscellaneous
Kiddush Glass with Images of Magen David, Menorah, Hanukkiah and Torah Scroll
Transparent dark-green glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel and gold painting.
Height - 27.3 сm, diameter - 8.7 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26015
Miscellaneous
Kiddush Set: Decanter, Tray and Six Glasses with Images of Magen David
Transparent colourless, golden-smoke-coloured and light green glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of faceted beads; enamel and gold painting.
Decanter: height - 31.2 сm.
Glasses: height - 8.3 сm, diameter - 6 сm.
Plate: diameter - 37.1 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26016
Miscellaneous
Dish with Images of Magen David, Menorah, Grapes and Vine Leaves
Transparent blue (cobalt) and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and oval beads; enamel and gold painting.
Diameter - 30.7 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26017
Miscellaneous
Passover Seder Dish with Images of Magen David, Menorah, Ten Commandments on the Tables of the Law
Transparent colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.
Diameter - 32.3 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26018
Miscellaneous
Kiddush Cup with Decorative Bells and Images of Hanukkiah, Torah Scroll and Magen David
Transparent red (ruby) and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.
Height - 18.5 сm, diameter - 20.4 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26019
Miscellaneous
Kiddush Set: Decanter, Tray and Six Glasses with Images of Magen David
Transparent red (ruby) and red-orange glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of curly handles, round and faceted beads; white enamel, gold and platinum dashed painting.
Decanter: height - 21.4 сm
Glasses: height - 11.4 сm
Plate: diameter - 27.8 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26020
Miscellaneous
Candlesticks with Decorative Bells and Images of Magen David
Transparent red (ruby) glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; gold and platinum painting.
Twin candlesticks.
Height - 32.2 сm
Height - 31.5 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26021
Miscellaneous
Bowl with Fish-Shaped Stem and Images of Magen David
Transparent colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting
Height - 27.1 сm, diameter - 22.4 сm
The fish is a symbol of sinlessness; during the flood, it was under water
#2 2019 (63)
26022
Miscellaneous
Kiddush Decanter with Images of Menorah, Magen David, the Ten Commandments in Aron Kodesh and a Crown
Transparent smoke-coloured glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.
Height - 32.6 сm
Aron Kodesh (Holy Arc) is a storage place for Torah scrolls.
The crown is a symbol of the Kingdom of Heaven
#2 2019 (63)
26023
Miscellaneous
Kiddush Glass with Images of Magen David and Menorah
Transparent blue (cobalt) and colourless glass; filigree, colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; gold and platinum painting.
Height - 29.7 сm, diameter - 8.5 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26024
Miscellaneous
Kiddush Glass with Image of Ner Tamid
Transparent blue (cobalt and azure) and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.
Height - 25 сm, diameter - 8.2 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26025
Miscellaneous
Bowl with Image of Magen David
Transparent blue (cobalt) and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.
Height - 23.4 сm, diameter - 28.4 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26026
Miscellaneous
Pesach Bowl with a Painted Scene
Transparent smoke-coloured glass; enamel, gold and platinum painting.
Height - 22 сm, diameter - 18.8 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26027
Miscellaneous
Decanter with Images of Magen David and “Birkat Kohanim” Gesture
Transparent yellow (amber) and colourless glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of round, oval and faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.
Height - 36.4 сm
“Birkat-kohanim” gesture – the Kohanim Blessing (Priestly Blessing)
#2 2019 (63)
26028
Miscellaneous
Paperweight with Images of Torah Scroll and Magen David
Transparent orange-coloured glass; colour glass mouldings in the shape of faceted beads; enamel, gold and platinum painting.
Height - 4.8 сm, diameter - 9.6 сm
#2 2019 (63)
26029