Easter Egg “Virgin Mary and Child”

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg. 1850-1860s

Signed with porcelain painter’s initials: K.Z.

Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, imitation of diverging pattern on porcelain.

Height - 11.2 cm

Egg painted with a motif from a copy of “Virgin Mary and Child with St. Francis of Paola” (1703-1705) by Francesco Solimena (1657-1747), currently in the Old Masters Gallery in Dresden, Germany.