Many of Karl Fabergé's most famous pieces were created for the last tsar of Russia, Nicholas II and his family, who were murdered in 1918 during the Russian revolution.
BOB DOUGHTY: Geza von Habsburg gathered more than 500 objects for the exhibit. They included seven of the jeweler’s most famous works, the Imperial Easter eggs.
ALEX NYERGES: “Only 50 were ever created; 40 or 42 are known to exist. Seven are here all at the same time.”
BOB DOUGHTY: Alex Nyerges is director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The museum has five Imperial Easter eggs.
ALEX NYERGES: “The eggs are miraculous, marvelous works of detail. They are not just works of art in terms of beauty, but they are mechanically precise.”
BOB DOUGHTY: Each Faberge egg has moveable parts and a surprise inside.
The most valuable ones are said to be worth 25 to 30 million dollars. They were made as Easter gifts, for the wife of Alexander III. His son, Nicholas II, continued the tradition.
The Imperial Easter Eggs represent only a part of Karl Faberge’s production. During his career, his business produced over 150,000 unique objects. Not all were for the tsar’s family. A crystal Egg was made for Emanuel Nobel, nephew of Alfred Nobel, the man for whom the Nobel Prize is named.
Faberge was also a silversmith and created the Russian crown jewels. But Geza von Habsburg says very little of Faberge’s jewelry and silver work remains.
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