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On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Pendant

ca. 1620 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rock crystal mounted in enamelled gold, decorated with pearls, and set with enamelled bas reliefs of the Crucifixion and the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception in an aureola; both under crystal.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Enamelled gold, with rock crystal and pearls
Brief description
Pendant, with Crucifixion and Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, probably Spain, about 1620.
Physical description
Rock crystal mounted in enamelled gold, decorated with pearls, and set with enamelled bas reliefs of the Crucifixion and the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception in an aureola; both under crystal.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.2cm
  • Width: 5.7cm
  • Depth: 2.3cm
Object history
From the Treasury of the Cathedral of the Virgin of the Pillar, Saragossa, and said to have been presented by Louis XIII of France. One of a group of jewels purchased by the Museum in 1870, when the Cathedral authorities sold off treasures presented to the shrine of the Virgin in order to complete their building programme.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Somers-Cock, Anna, Princely Magnificence: court jewels of the Renaissance, 1500-1630, V&A, 1980, pp. 81-2, cat. 101
Collection
Accession number
332-1870

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Record createdMarch 14, 2000
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