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).