Miniature
ca. 1850 (made)
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Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on ivory with carved wood frame |
| Brief description | Oval miniature and case - Tsar Nicolas I, watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, Ivan Winberg, ca.1850. |
| Physical description | Oval portrait miniature of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia shown with receding dark hair, a moustache and whiskers wearing a dark green uniform with a red collar and gold epaulettes. He wears the insignia of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew, the order of the Garter, the Imperial Badge for 30 years of Distinguished Military Service, the badge of the Imperial Russian Medal for the Turkish Campaign and the badge of the Royal Order of the Crown of Wurtemberg. |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaievna of Russia. Grand Duchess Vera Constantinova of Russia. Thence by descent to a German Princess, Bavaria. Sale, Christie's Geneva, lot 301, 18/05/1994. |
| Summary | Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996. |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.311:1-2008 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2008 |
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