Re: Swedish Cameo tiara....is it possible... Archived Message
Posted by Glenn on December 15, 2011, 6:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Swedish Cameo tiara....is it possible..."
The 'outer wings' of pearls between the cameos (in the painting) are in fact the gold leafs in the modern photo (done a bit clumsy (or demanded to do so) in the painting. You can see there are 5 'arms' in the palettes (both in the painting and modern photo) and then the gold wings (which look like pearl wings in painting). These wings/leafs are not done correctly according to moderne photo standard. The same goes for the motifs in the base (under the cameos) - but if you look carefully in the pearl pattern, you can see that they are in fact clumsy reproductions of what you can see in the modern photo. The number of 'arms' in the 'palmette' shape (7 arms) is the same as in the modern photo. So my guess is that no alternations have been made, just that there details were a bit clumsy painted by the painter... :o)
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