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.