Portrait Jewels; Opulence & Intimacy From The Medici To The Romanovs

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Title: Portrait Jewels: Opulence and Intimacy from the Medici to the Romanovs Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd Binding: Hardcover Condition: Fine Book is still shrinkwrapped and unread. About this title Synopsis: From Renaissance Italy to 19th-century Russia, this illustrated study traces the practice of creating jewelled settings for the 'portraits in little' that were popular among the rich and ruling dynasties. Review: [The author's] art historian background and her specialty in the history of engraved gems and jewelry makes for an authoritative world coverage key to any serious jewelry or art history holding. --Artist

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