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Imperial Framed Miniature of Tsar Nicholas II
miniaturist Johannes Zehngraf (Russian, 1857–1908)
workmaster Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903)
maker House of Fabergé, (Russian, 1842–1918)
1896
- Medium
- jade, gold, rubies, gouache, ivory, glass
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.3 x 5 x 5 cm (6 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Culture
- Russia, St. Petersburg
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- The India Early Minshall Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
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.
