Re: Empress Joséphine - sapphires and emeralds: a question? Archived Message
Posted by joye on April 16, 2012, 9:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Empress Joséphine - sapphires and emeralds: a question?"
Thankyou for such a detailed answer. Surprising that a coloured photo has the wrong colour for the gemstones. --Previous Message-- : Yes, you’re correct - the originally posted : picture is a rather bad version of the : famous portrait by Francois Gérard, in the : original you can see that Empress Joséphine : is wearing an emerald and pearl parure (see : the enlargement below). : I'd love to know as well where this : particular parure ended up. : : As for Joséphine's sapphires, they are : unquestionably in the Louvre (in their : frequently altered form). : There is only a speculative possibility that : some pieces might have been used by Nitot in : 1806 to create Napoléon’s wedding gift to : Eugène de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of : Leuchtenberg, and Princess Augusta of : Bavaria: The Leuchtenberg sapphire parure : which is now in the Bernadotte collection. : The history of Joséphine’s sapphires is : quite complex, Ursula’s site offers a good : overview as usual: : : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/french/saphire-diadem-frankreich-france.htm : : (Btw., Joye: Again a plea to you if you : could perhaps make your post’s subject : matters a bit clearer, if possible...?) : : : : : --Previous Message-- : I am quite sure the stones are emeralds. : Aparantly the set existed until 1920 when it : was sold. Louvre tried to interveen but to : no avail. If this story is true, I am sure : there must be something written about it in : French news papers at the time... : : --Previous Message-- : Empress Josephine's sapphires. : Might they be the same sapphires that are in : the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Tiara, that her : granddaughter Queen Josephire brought into : the Swedish Royal Family jewels? : : : : : : :
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