Bowl with Portrait of a Man

Description During the 17th century, western European books and engravings reached northern Russia through the port at Archangelsk. These served as sources for designs for the enamelers working in Solvychegodsk (formerly known as Usolsk).

Exhibitions

• Russian Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-1997.
• Fabergé and the Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire's Legacy . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2017-2018.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930