A RARE 18TH CENTURY DIAMOND PENDANT SET WITH STUART MINIATURES, the oval miniatures painted on a lapis lazuli ground with the shoulder length portraits of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, each in diamond border, with similarly-set foliate surmount and bow-shaped link, the gold backs engraved with flowersprays, the miniatures 17th Century, the mount circa 1770, on trace neckchain

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A RARE 18TH CENTURY DIAMOND PENDANT SET WITH STUART MINIATURES, the oval miniatures painted on a lapis lazuli ground with the shoulder length portraits of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, each in diamond border, with similarly-set foliate surmount and bow-shaped link, the gold backs engraved with flowersprays, the miniatures 17th Century, the mount circa 1770, on trace neckchain
4.5cm. high

拍品专文

The painting of miniatures at this date directly onto a lapis lazuli surface is unusual but not unknown. In the above case the technique and style is reminiscent of the Low Countries, and it is possible that these portraits of Charles I and Henrietta Maria were painted circa 1651-1661 during the exile of Henrietta Maria
and Prince Charles