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Miniature Paintings:
The twelve miniature paintings on ivory by Johannes Zehngraf mounted within the Imperial Rock Crystal Easter Egg depict some of Tsarina Alexandra's favorite places. For example, Neues Palais in Darmstadt, Germany, was her birthplace. Anichkov Palace, St. Petersburg, was the residence of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, where newlyweds Nicholas and Alexandra spent their first months together. Windsor Castle, near London, was the residence of Alexandra's grandmother, Queen Victoria. Nicholas visited his fiancee, Alix (who received the name Alexandra Feodorovna when she official accepted Russian Orthodoxy), and Queen Victory at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, in 1894. |