Counting the beautiful pearl ornaments in western paintings

pearls are my favorite accessories. Pearl is elegant, but it is changeable. Different ways of wearing it can bring different feelings. It can be noble, light and luxurious. I have seen many paintings in recent years, and found that there are many pearl ornaments in western paintings, and pearls have long been an indispensable ornament from the middle class to the nobility. Now let's take a look at the pearls in western paintings and the stories behind them.

The first one is the famous Girl with Pearl Earrings, which is the masterpiece of Vermeer, my favorite painter:

All the pearls in the following paintings should be real ~ ~

I saw the last one in uffizi gallery, Florence, and at first glance, I think it looks like Raphael's painting style. When I take a closer look, it really is! Thinking that the original works of the Three Masters of the Renaissance are rare (the Mona Lisa in the Louvre is 2 meters away recently), I couldn't help but lean forward and take a closer look, and I saw this big pearl on my chest:

Speaking of Raphael, let's talk about Raphael's teacher Peruccino, whose Portrait of a Lady is particularly conspicuous in a series of long galleries in uffizi gallery. The woman in the painting has fair skin, dignified facial features and a red skirt, which is very solemn and noble. The pearl necklace and thin pleated collar on her chest are very fine. If pearls are large enough, they are used as pendants; if they are smaller, they are used as necklaces to match other pendants:

The following "Dip Tych of the Duchess and Duke of urbino" by francesca is the most famous portrait in the Renaissance. I didn't understand why such ugliness is always surrounded by people in uffizi gallery, but later I learned that this painting represents the watershed between humanity and divinity in portraits. The previous portraits were tasteless, and this painting has no religious meaning at all. We can see the wealth and dignity of the couple in the painting. Well, although the Duchess is not a beauty, the pearl necklace she wears is quite distinctive:

After enjoying the single item, let's take a look at the three-piece suit. The following picture is on display at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. The author is a female painter, Sofonisba Anguissola, who pioneered women's entry into the ranks of painters and was a female disciple of Michelangelo. There is a saying that a woman can't wear more than three kinds of jewelry, and the pearl necklace, earrings and headdress in the painting are just three kinds and all belong to the same series:

pearls can be decorated on hats in addition to being worn directly. I especially like the following painting. When I first saw it at the Moscow tretyakov Art Museum, I was stunned! I once wrote a separate article for this painting, and I felt that it was not well written, and no words were worthy of the feeling conveyed by this painting. It's amazing, but now please look at the pearls on the hat, which are still fashionable now:

Next, let's enjoy some "catwalk models", which are very luxurious and only suitable for the runway or very grand occasions. Franz Xaver Winterhalter is a German painter. He used to be a full-time court painter in many big European countries, and he painted countless princes and nobles in his life. There are several of his works in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, all of which are gorgeous, noble and elegant, and very particular. The way these long strings of pearls are worn really makes the jewelers feel sorry for themselves:

Apart from those noble women, there is also an extremely noble Queen Elizabeth I, who is famous for her crazy love for pearls. Let's take a portrait and feel:

Do well-off working-class girls have a chance to wear pearls? Look at a Rembrandt:

Well, that's all for now. In fact, I didn't expect to write an article about pearls, and I didn't find this theme until I read more. Recently, I was reading Teacher Chen Danqing's "Part", and I had some feelings about "the unknown works of famous painters" and "the unknown painters". Those masterpieces are talked about too much and overheated, and the beauty of art history lies in the details and moments that are unknown but irreplaceable. Yes, every time I visit an art gallery, I go for the most famous works, but every time I am "hit" by some less famous works halfway.

writing here suddenly caused a doubt, why didn't pearls appear in our ancient paintings in China? I have searched for a long time, and my country's love for pearls also began in ancient times, but few of them were painted. There are pearls in a few portraits of the Empress of the Song Dynasty:

I guess with my very shallow knowledge that it should be because the ancients in China painted mainly in freehand brushwork, in artistic conception, not in substance. I have almost no research on Chinese painting now, and I am in a state where the door has not yet stepped forward. I look forward to slowly cultivating < P > Gemini Xiaoyi and sharing beautiful paintings with you.