Posted by LDMJ on August 26, 2014, 2:14 am, in reply to "Two queries"
One should assume that the sets of jewels are complete as they are called 'parures'
--Previous Message-- : Thank you for all the photos and fascinating : information Arthur. I wonder why the museum : authorities have decided not to display all : the jewels. If I were to make a trip to : Paris with the expectation of seeing all the : jewels, I would feel very disappointed if I : could see only a few. Perhaps visitors from : other parts of the world who don't have to : undertake such long flights might feel more : philosophical and start planning another : trip. : Do you know if the Duchess of Angouleme had : a complete ruby parure? : Did the Duchess of Angoulene have a complete : emerald parure? Her emerald tiara is one of : my favourites. : : --Previous Message-- : Lorenzo, : : this is the former display of the French : Crown Jewels in the Apollo's Gallery of the : Louvre, as it was a few years ago. : : The Apollo's Gallery went into renovation : for several years, and now the glassed case : displays only the crowns (Louis XV, Napoleon : I/Charles X, Empress Eugénie) and some other : jewels minor in size, but important in : history: the drake-shaped 'Côte de Bretagne' : spinel (the oldest piece of the French Crown : Jewels, dating back to the Renaissance), the : 'Eagle of Poland' (a white-enamelled : eagle-shaped brooch with a large central : spinel), a diamond-framed portrait of Louis : XIV, and an enamelled Elephant for a : bejewelled decoration of the Danish Order of : the Elephant: : : : : There has been, in the meantime, a new : display case installed in another section of : the Louvre (near the 19th century 'State : Apartments'), for some of the jewellery : pieces of the 19th century: : : : : But I find this display case quite weird and : unsatisfying. It is a rather small case, : strangely located at the end of a narrow and : gloomy corridor, in front of which only a : few people can stand. The light in the case : is yellowish, which does not do justice to : the jewels. And last but not least, the case : is too small, so only four jewels are on : display: the Duchess of Angoulême's emerald : tiara, the Duchess of Angoulême's ruby : bracelets, Empress Eugénie's pearl tiara : (once in the Thurn-und-Taxis collection) and : Empress Eugénie's large diamond bow brooch. : But, the 'Regent' diamond, Queen : Marie-Amélie's sapphire parure, Empress : Joséphine's pearl drop earrings of Empress : Marie-Louise's emerald parure (minus the : tiara, which is in Washington DC), as well : as other beautiful pieces, are somewhere in : the Museum's reserves... : : : --Previous Message-- : Breathtaking !! : : : : --Previous Message-- : Hello Beth1, : : as another example of artistic licence, I : have in mind this portrait by Jean-Baptiste : Isabey of Marie-Louise of Habsburg-Lorraine, : Empress of the French (as second wife of : Napoleon I) and later reigning Duchess of : Parma. Isabey has depicted the Empress with : a ruby parure... which is actually an : emerald and diamond parure! : : : : The necklace and the earrings of this parure : are now in the Louvre Museum in Paris : (though not on display, unfortunately), : whereas the tiara (with the emeralds : replaced with turquoises) is in the : Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. : : : : : : I have seen the necklace and earrings in the : Louvre a few years ago (when they were still : on display in the Apollo's Gallery of the : Museum), and they are just simply gorgeous! : A beautiful Empire design, beautiful intense : green emeralds of the highest quality... It : is beyond perfection! : : More information about this parure on : Ursula's website: : : : : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/french/napoleon-marie-louise.htm : : : : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/french/emerald-marie-louise.htm : : : : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/french/emerald-marie-louise-2.htm : (I think the portrait on this webpage was : digitally colorized to make the stones : green) : : : : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/french/emerald-marie-louise-3.htm : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Sully's portrait of the young Queen Victoria : has drawn my attention to how artistic : licence can make it difficult for those : interested in royal jewels to identify : specific jewels with certainty from : paintings, or questions might be posed as to : whether the jewel had been reset. : See : : : : : : http://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMuseumPlus;jsessionid=6D4E1DCE187BAB140E98650CC9C801B1.node1?service=direct/1/ResultDetailView/result.t1.collection_detail.$TspImage.link&sp=10&sp=Scollection&sp=SelementList&sp=0&sp=0&sp=999&sp=SdetailView&sp=0&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=F : While Queen Victoria is wearing what is : obviously the diamond diadem, the artist's : rendition is different from the actual jewel : and might cause confusion to those who were : unfamiliar with it. : Do others know of portraits where artistic : licence might cause confusion or make : identification problematic? For example in : the recent post I did about Annigoni's study : of the Queen Mother wearing her Greville : emerald necklace and earrings, those : unfamiliar with the set might ponder if she : was wearing that demi-parure. : : : : : : : : : : : :
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