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Bow brooch
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Bow brooch

c. 1650 - c. 1675 · emailleren; ruby (mineral); pearl; gold (metal); email

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The shape of this brooch is known from a design that the jeweller to the French king Louis XIV made in 1663. It is a bow-knot in gold, which is enamelled and set with precious stones. Double bows were worn by the wealthiest of women. Amalia of Solms, the Dutch Stadtholder Frederick Henry’s consort, sports a brooch of this type in several portraits.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
jewellerybrooch
Credit lineBow brooch. c. 1650 - c. 1675. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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