Today, the Department of personal collections of the Pushkin Museum Pushkin opens exhibition of works of famous Russian Faberge. The collection provided by the Cultural-historical foundation «Relationship times», founder and chairman of the Board of Trustees which is a Russian businessman V. Vekselberg.

famous jeweler, Carl Faberge was a high rank Supplier highest court. It was under his leadership, a small family business has become the largest jewelry company in the Russian Empire, and received wide international recognition.

The most interesting part of his heritage are precious Easter eggs made for the Russian imperial family. Stored inside the intricate egg surprises - miniature paintings, tiny models of palaces, monuments, marinas, trains, figurines of birds, bouquets of flowers - are masterpieces of jeweler's art late XIX - early XX century.

The first egg was commissioned by Alexander III in 1885 as an Easter gift for his wife, Maria Feodorovna. Piece so liked to Empress Maria Feodorovna, which has since become the traditional order.

Production of eggs taken each year and sometimes more. As the materials used gold, silver, precious stones and gems, which is particularly famous for Russia's mineral wealth. Some eggs have complex mechanisms - such as egg-clock with Cockerel or egg «bay» of singing bird paradise.

Since the show in the Moscow Kremlin Museums owned VF Vekselberg collection of Faberge increased, adding such fine and exquisite jewelry, like watches, cigarette and jewelry, as well as memorial items that belonged to relatives of the imperial family.

Return to Russia Heritage Faberge , seemed lost forever, is one of the brightest events in the history of Russian culture and art

exhibition at the Pushkin Museum of Private Collections Division him. Alexander Pushkin (St. Volkhonka, 10) is open until June 28, 2009.

Source: museum.ru/gmii