The name Fabergé is synonymous with refined craftsmanship, jeweled luxury, and the last days of the doomed Russian imperial family. The array of enameled picture frames and clocks, gold cigarette cases and cane tops, hardstone animals and flowers in rock crystal vases, and ruby encrusted brooches and boxes continue to fascinate viewers as they did when first displayed in the windows of Fabergé’s stores in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and London.

Thanks to the generosity of Lillian Thomas Pratt and other donors, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts owns one of the finest Fabergé collections in existence. The Russian jeweler Karl Fabergé crafted objects for the Russian imperial family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including specially commissioned Easter eggs. VMFA’s collection, the largest public collection of Fabergé outside of Russia, includes five of the thirteen Russian imperial Easter eggs that are in the United States. In parallel with the redesign of the permanent galleries, the museum has organized a major exhibition presenting the entire collection, accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue incorporating the latest scholarship and research.  Fabergé Revealed — the title of both exhibition and catalogue — dazzled VMFA visitors during the summer of 2011, and is now traveling while the permanent galleries are renovated.


 

Exhibition Venues

Oct 14, 2012 – Jan 21, 2013
Detroit Institute of Arts

Jun 22 – Sep 29, 2013
Peabody Essex Museum

Jun 14 – Oct 5, 2014
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Nov 15, 2014 – May 25, 2015
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art

Jun 20 – Sep 27, 2015
Oklahoma City Museum of Art

Apr 16 – Jul 17, 2016
The Palace Museum, Beijing