Gold Easel and Photograph (before 1896): Art, History and Details

Gold Easel and Photograph (before 1896) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In the Russian Orthodox religious tradition, eggs are offered as Easter gifts to symbolize rebirth, renewal, and the resurrection of Christ. This jeweled Russian egg is engraved with XB symbolizing the phrase, “Christ is risen,” and would have been given to a lady in a wealthy household, perhaps someone of high rank within the imperial court, given the richness of materials.

Object facts

• Title: Gold Easel and Photograph
• Date: before 1896
• Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
• Type: Miscellaneous
• Technique: gold, enamel, sapphire, gold easel and stand, photograph covered with faceted green glass
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1966.435.c

Collection credit

The India Early Minshall Collection

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