The French Crown Jewels, Past and Present
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Established on the occasion of the marriage of King Francis I to Eleanor of Habsburg, his second wife, the institution of the Crown Jewels of France experienced three and a half centuries of acquisitions, but above all twists and turns. Deeply affected during the Revolution, then definitively dispersed at auction in 1887, they continue to arouse the fascination of collectors and historians alike given their many secrets and mysteries. Similarly, while some of the most beautiful pieces of the collection are now preserved in the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre, others are still awaiting rediscovery and remain eagerly sought after.
With:
Paul Paradis, Art Historian and Professor at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
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Léonard Pouy, Art Historian PhD and Professor at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
Photo: Duchess of Angouleme's Tiara - Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Louvre Museum) - J-G. Berizzi
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That pendant is exquisite. The enamel is beautiful.
Thanks for sharing this amazing info God bless
💜⚜️ Bonjour messieurs,
I am discovering this video late but I can't describe my joy of this discovery. I was excited about the current Louis XV exhibition at Versailles that has his coronation crown on loan. I have been fascinated by the history of the French Crown Jewels for decades but I have never come across such a robust and equally passionate pair as these two hosts. I have watched the video twice today over 3 hours because of pausing to consult my books (the two same livres over Léonard's head). In an over saturated Anglophile world, it is a "rare gem" to find such a lecture with so much deep history let alone en anglais. I have subscribed to your channel and will search social media for you both & your school in hopes of other such lectures/talks🙏
I am blessed to visit France annually for my birthday so I will add your library to my "to do list" if it is opened to the public?
Lastly your patience and thoroughness in these comment replies indicate such tact & professionalism I wish I could tip/donate, lol
Merci pour votre passion et l'histoire, I will share this with my curious friends who's Français is worse than mine, lol.
Im so glad & pleased to be British.
Living in a 21st Century Monarch Country today. 👑♥️🏰🫅💍👸😇
Excellent and fascinating information! Merci beaucoup! 👑 💎💍
Thank you so much for another fascinating talk!
So glad you enjoyed it !
Merci pour cette conférence - je n’avais pu la suivre en direct, merci de les publier sur TH-cam !
Nous sommes ravis que vous ayez apprécié la conférence !
Exquisite!
I recently saw a documentary where it was suggested that the Hope diamond was a smaller recut of the Orginal Bleu de France that was stolen during the great jewelry robbery addressed in this lecture. Has France ever asked for the return of the Hope diamond?
Thank you for your question ! The robbery of the blue diamond is very old (more than 200 years). The Napoleonic era enacted a law of amnesty for crimes of the Revolution (1804) and subsequently included a mention about artworks robberies in the Treaty of Vienna, after the defeat of Waterloo (1815). In fact, this has, if I dare say to simplify, "reset the counters". Some diamonds were also recovered by the allies against Napoleon, as compensation for war. Either way, the Hope Diamond is today a totally different size from the original blue diamond which belonged to King Louis XIV: it's almost a whole different gem, with its own story. The lead casting of the Natural History Museum in Paris is therefore the last trace of our historic diamond and it is in the French collections!
Video molto interessante e dettagliato, grazie il pendente è alla moda, con la croce di diamanti, si vede nel ritratto di manier in viola e rosa, il viola ,blu, rosso, oro sono colori regali, la raffinatezza e classe si vede nel Archivio vi è lo smeraldo con mani maschile e femminile che simboleggia il matrimonio, dal inventario di Caterina de medici 1regina del casato medici aveva una collana di perle a pera e fu donata a Maria stewart , che fu presa e ci sono nella corona 👑 inglese, si vedono nei ritratti del Vasari, santi da tito, Tiziano, bronzino-allori, manier,una raffinatezza e così Maria de medici con sancy e collane di perle.
Fascinating, thank you! A question, why haven't you discussed the crown of the Empress Eugénie?
Beautiful
I would say that Marie Louise “fled” at the end of the empire. Her father was the emperor of Austria. She simply picked up and went back to Austria.
@@dannetterousseau4095 they tried. They got caught at the border and sent back to Paris. It’s what led to them getting executed
@@keithss67 he's talking about napoleon's empress. She wasn't executed.
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Who was in paris?
Fascinating and sad. During Russian revolution it was rather similar story with large sale of national treasure. Only now it’s piece by piece returning back to the country. Ah, these bottomless coffers of British crown - holding countless pieces bought for nothing.
You can see why we French had no longer King and Queen of France.
The Palace of Versailles is now exibit museum
No I wouldn’t say that. The Russian Revolution broke down a lot of jewelry to finance the revolution.
Don’t forget The Brit’s did not chop off all the aristocracy’s heads.
Good bless my princess
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Combien coûte tout ces bijoux en diamants ?👍🎩🎩
Merci pour cette question ! Ces joyaux font partie du patrimoine historique français et sont donc inestimables :) !
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CrownJewels doesnt feel right without the owners.😒
Present? How? There has not been a "crown" in over 200y
Dear Ingrid, thank you very much for your interest in our Talks. The topic is called “The French Crown Jewels, Past and Present” as it presents the long story of the institution described by the name “Crown Jewels”, a fabulous State gathering of jewels made inalienable since 1530 and preserved in the French national collections until 1887. In the name “Crown Jewels”, there were crowns, but also many other types of jewels (from bracelets to necklaces to rings).
In 1887, the French Republic decided to sell these historic jewels, saving just a few in museums, the rest being sold at auctions and passing on to private collections over the 20th-21st centuries. Today, some of these jewels reappear at auctions and, luckily, some came back to the Louvre museum in the 2000s: there is indeed a “present” story to the “Crown jewels”, which is a new step in their history.
I hope I have answered to your question and explained it in the best way. If you watch the Replay of this Talk, I am sure you will understand the fascinating history behind this State Collection, from the past to the present!
I thought I would see the Crown Jewels but what I see is stones being traced back thru time and personally I wanted to see the jewels not who might have owned them or who “recut” them. I quit at 29:19 so have no idea if they actually show any jewelry. I also realize they are French but without cc I would never be able to understand them.