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Chimpanzee
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Chimpanzees were popular subjects given their droll expressions. This example is similar to an agate chimpanzee with olivine eyes in the Royal Collection, London. Henry Walters purchased this carving at the Faberge headquarters in St. Petersburg in 1900. Until 1908, the Faberge firm did not have a lapidary works and relied on other sources for its carvings.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1900, by purchase [from the factory]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2017-2018 | Fabergé and the Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire's Legacy . The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2003-2004 | The Fabergé Menagerie. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus; Portland Art Museum, Portland. |
| 1996-1997 | Fabergé in America. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. |
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | Examined, cleaned. | |
| Treatment | Examined, cleaned. | |
| Examination | Examined and cleaned in preparation for exhibition. | |
| Treatment | Examined and cleaned in preparation for exhibition. |
Geographies
Russia, St. Petersburg (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 1/2 × W: 1 5/8 × D: 1 15/16 in. (6.4 × 4.2 × 5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1900
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.353