Fabergé from Southern Collectors

New Orleans Museum of Art

New Orleans, Louisiana :: Ongoing Exhibition :: noma.org

The Fabergé Gallery at the New Orleans Museum of Art re-opened on February 14, 2007. The new exhibition, made possible by a group of Southern collectors, is larger and contains a broader range of Fabergé objects than the Museum has ever exhibited before.

In the upper right of this image is an Imperial photograph of Czar Nicholas II of Russia taken while he was in Paris in 1905. It is seated in its original frame with Imperial crown of Russia at the top and measures over three-feet high. The image was made by his court photographer.

Loans came from both longstanding friends of NOMA who owned Fabergé pieces, including Louisianians John Lolley and Ann Strachan and Atlanta collector and museum patron Daniel R. Bibb, and from new supporters of the Museum, like Daniel Hodges, M.D., of Lafayette, Louisiana, who contributed many unique pieces.

There are a total of 82 objects on exhibition, not including 44 miniature Easter Eggs by Fabergé which are displayed on three separate objects: 13 on a miniature golden tree, 19 on a 17th century gold Russian necklace and 12 on a bracelet. Some of the pieces have never been displayed publicly.

The new installation includes, but is not limited to, Fabergé Easter Eggs, a box in the form of an Easter egg, a pink clock set with pearls that was owned by the last Tsarina of Russia, a Bismark Box laden with 90 carats of diamonds, an Imperial Horse Guard helmet, cigarette and card cases, clocks, inkwells, letter knives, glue pots, photograph frames and stamp viewers. Fans of history will be fascinated by an enamel and palisander wood frame that contains a period photograph of the Grand Duchess Anastasia in court dress. Anastasia, of course, was one of the many victims of the Russian revolution.

Recently Returned — 17th Century Paintings by Court Painters

New Orleans Museum of Art

New Orleans, Louisiana :: noma.org

Several recently attributed paintings have recently returned from loan to the New Orleans Museum of Art. Click on the images below to see larger versions of the paintings on display.

Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (The Great Condé) Louis Ferdinand Elle (?) Depicted in half armor with the accoutrements of his position as a military commander and courtier to the court of Louis XIV. PHOTO: GEORGE LONG	Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess de Bourbon Attributed to Francois de Troy Daughter of Louis XIV and Athenais de Montespan announcing her impending marriage. PHOTO: GEORGE LONG	Ferdinand II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Attributed to Justus Sustermans This painting is attributed to the Italian court painter Justus Sustermans and captures the Grand Duke of Tuscany at the height of his power. PHOTO: RICHARD LUBRANT	The Grand Dauphin Attributed to Francois de Troy The son of Louis XIV at around age 20 in a hunting outfit with his favorite dog. PHOTO: GEORGE LONG