Painted and Silk-screened Russian Eggs

The egg has always been considered a symbol of rebirth and fertility. The most famous legend in this sense refers to the meeting of Mary Magdalene with the emperor Tiberius, narrated in the Bible. It is said that Mary Magdalene announced the resurrection of Christ to the emperor, handing him an egg. Tiberius replied to her that the probability of her resurrection was the same as that of her having that egg turn red and, miraculously, after her words, the egg turned red. In Russia the art of decorating eggs with sacred images has been widespread for centuries and on Russoraffaele.it it is possible to find Russian eggs painted and silk-screened with the most famous depictions of the Christian world such as the egg with the Madonna and Child, the egg Russian egg with the Holy Family, the Russian egg with Christ Pantocrator, the egg depicting the deposition of Christ and many others.