Agathon Fabergé

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This article is about the person born in 1862. For the goldsmith born in 1876, see Agathon Carl Theodor Fabergé.
Agathon Fabergé
Born
Agathon Gustavovich Fabergé

(1862-10-30)October 30, 1862
Dresden, Germany
DiedMarch 29, 1895(1895-03-29) (aged 32)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Parent(s)
RelativesCarl Fabergé (brother)

Agathon Gustavovich Fabergé (October 30, 1862 – March 29, 1895) was a partner in the famed Russian Fabergé jewelry company.

He was born October 30, 1862 in Dresden, Germany. He died on March 29, 1895 at the age of 32 in Saint Petersburg. Agathon was the son of the famous jeweler Gustav Peter Fabergé and . He was the brother of Aleksandrine Caroline Koschke, Wilhelmine Charlotte Nicolay, Carl Fabergé and Agatha Emilie Fabergé. He joined his father's house of Fabergé in 1892. Agathon Faberge was the most talented artist `jewelry dynasty` several dozen of his sketches are in the Hermitage. [1]

He grew up in Dresden until he was seven years old. From 1870 to 1875 he lived in St. Petersburg where his brother took over the family company in 1872. From 1876 to 1882 he lived again in Dresden and went to the Öffentliche Handelslehranstalt school from 1877 to 1879. The famous jewelry collection of Johann Melchior Dinglinger at the Grünes Gewölbe in Dresden was an Inspiration to the jewelry he designed. Agathon joined his brother in 1892 in the House of Fabergé and died three years later in Saint Petersburg of unknown causes.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Petersburg jewelers in the Assembly of jewellers of St. Petersburg restored the tomb of Agathon Faberge Gustavovich in the . [13]

References[]

  1. ^ Agathon Fabergé was the most talented artist `jewelry dynasty` several dozen of his sketches are in the Hermitage
  2. ^ L C. G. Odermann, Mittheilungen über die Handelslehranstalt zu Dresden für die Jahre 1878/79, Dresden o.J.
  3. ^ Dresdner Nachrichten 9.1.1894, S. 4, 26.8.1903, S. 3
  4. ^ A. K. Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, London 1962 (P)
  5. ^ G. v. Gehren, Die Welt des Karl Fabergé, in: Weltkunst 47/1977, Nr. 20, S. 1988f.
  6. ^ G. Schindler, Der kaiserlich-russische Goldschmied Fabergé (1846-1920), in: Schmuck und Uhren 31/1977, H. 17, S. 8-12; C. v. Hassell, Fabergé. Juweliere der Könige, in: Weltkunst 53/1983, Nr. 9, S. 1248
  7. ^ G. v. Habsburg, Fabergé. Hofjuwelier der Zaren, München 1986 (P)
  8. ^ Fabergé. Hofjuwelier des Zaren, in: Goldschmiede- und Uhrmacher-Zeitung 85/1987, H. 4, S. 130-141
  9. ^ M. Lopato/G. v. Habsburg, Fabergé. Imperial Jeweler, London 1993
  10. ^ A. v. Solodkoff, Fabergé. Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg 1995; G. v. Habsburg/J. G. v.
  11. ^ Fabergé - Cartier. Rivalen am Zarenhof, München 2003
  12. ^ H. Sonntag Juweliere von Weltruf und mit Dresden verwurzelt, in: Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten 4.10.2010, S. 16.
  13. ^ Agathon Faberge was the most talented artist `jewelry dynasty` several dozen of his sketches are in the Hermitage
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