Information from Louvre Archived Message
Posted by Baxter on August 31, 2015, 12:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Marie-Amélie's sapphire and pearl tiara"
I'm a bit confused by the text on the Louvre's website linked to by Kirsten. When discussing that parure, it says: The diadem was probably reduced in size between 1863 and 1873, as indicated by a comparison of the portrait of Marie-Amélie by Louis Hersent (1863, chateau of Versailles, on loan to the chateau of Compiègne) and the photographic portrait of Isabelle of Orleans, Duchesse of Guise (private collection). The comparison reveals that the diadem has changed slightly in the later portrait. I have seen other portraits by Hersent of Marie-Amélie but none where she is wearing the sapphire and diamond tiara. The date of 1863 must be a mistake since the artist died in 1860. Could the Louvre be referring to the portrait in the first post of this thread in which the other tiara is being worn?
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Message Thread:
- Queen Marie-Amélie's sapphire and pearl tiara - Baxter August 30, 2015, 2:45 pm
- Re: Queen Marie-Amélie's sapphire and pearl tiara - Beth August 30, 2015, 2:59 pm
- Re: Queen Marie-Amélie's sapphire and pearl tiara - Kirsten August 30, 2015, 3:52 pm
- Re: Queen Marie-Amélie's sapphire and pearl tiara - mauriz August 30, 2015, 4:09 pm
- Re: Queen Marie-Amélie's sapphire and pearl tiara - Arthur August 30, 2015, 5:42 pm
- Wonderful banner - Nellie August 30, 2015, 6:15 pm
- Re: Queen Marie-Amélie's sapphire and pearl tiara - Dawn August 30, 2015, 6:16 pm
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