Easter Egg “St. Alexei, Metropol­itan of Moscow and All Russia”

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

Painted by N. Voronin (signed N.V.)

Overglaze polychrome painting, gilt, diverging pattern on porcelain.

Height - 10.6 cm

Egg with painting after the icon “St. Alexei, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia” (1847-1848), by Fyodor Bryullov (1793-1869) crafted for St. Isaac’s Cathedral, St. Petersburg. The inscription  “Gregory of Nazianzus” in the frame above the image is mistaken.

In 2001 the painting on this Easter Egg was erroneously attributed as a copy of a work by Timofei Neff (1805-1876).