Portrait Jewels: Opulence and Intimacy from the Medici to the Romanovs

by Diana Scarisbrick

From the Renaissance to the end of the Belle Epoque, cameo, intaglio, and miniature portraits, prized as representations of eminent people or treasured as images of the beloved, have been enriched by jeweled frames in order to wear them or display them as precious objects.

Rulers from the Medici to the Romanovs commissioned portrait jewels. Dynasties represented here include the Valois and Bourbon in France; Bavarian, Habsburg, and Hanoverian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500515573
• ISBN13: 9780500515570
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.9" x 9.1"