The Treasures of Empress Josephine Bonaparte

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These two exquisite jewellery suites, offered in Sotheby’s upcoming Treasures auction (7 December 2021 | London) feature the finest craftsmanship fit for an Empress. In this latest episode of Expert Voices, Head of Jewellery Kristian Spofforth tells how they were gifted to Empress Josephine, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Find out about the stunning cameos and intaglios that feature in these jewellery suites, and how these iconic pieces were held in one of the leading jewellery galleries in the world.
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25 ноя 2021

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@doberman1ism 2 года назад

The colors used remind me of ancient Egypt with the lapis lazuli, gold and coral color. Thank you for sharing this rare find. Absolutely stunning!

@michaelbrownlee9497 2 года назад

Egypt was being studied and was a popular subject for academic inquiry. Napoleans army occupied the area, and a artifact called the rosetta stone was discovered in a pile of building debris. Greek stories were treated as myths, fanciful tales, with no basis in reality. Then they discovered Troy. So yes, josephines jewelery would reflect the french peoples interest and paid homage to there ancestors.

@andyroo9381 2 года назад

We are all so lucky to be able to see these treasures up close. Thank you for this display.

@basiliskos119 2 года назад

This has to be one of the most elegant and beautiful sets of jewelry ever made. Saying that woman had impecable taste is an understatement. Her Malmaison castle is one of the most tastefully decorated houses in History..

@labelmeposh Год назад

Wow really!?

@WondrousEarth 2 года назад

Remarkable craftsmanship, truly beautiful. As the narrator says, we can only imagine how much time went into creating these masterpieces.

@jenniferlawrence9473 2 года назад

It kind of looks like plastic. lol

@annonymous1273 Год назад

jenniferlawrence9473 you’re obviously experienced in plastic jewellery made in China. Good for you

@IrishAnnie 2 года назад

I went o the V&A museum two years ago and the jewelry there knocked my socks off. Broaches, tiaras, necklaces and swords adorned with so many beautiful jewels….there was an especially gorgeous necklace made with enameled “bows”. Everything was stunning. I

@yvettemarshallTWN 2 года назад

😍 Ohmygosh. 🤩 Emperor Napoleon’s BELOVED first wife, a widow, was much older than him. She lost her first husband to the guillotine (and nearly her own head, too!). She could have no more children so the Emperor reluctantly divorced her to get an heir, but he never stopped honoring, writing to, and loving her. The man was a bit obsessed, to be honest! Also, her given name was Rose 🌹(Napoleon christened her Josephine, a more lofty moniker fit for his Empress). 🪄👑

@TaylorJohnson1 2 года назад

No matter our race, class or religion, there is no doubt that our human ancestors have done incredible works of art. I love humanity.

@marlene97280 2 года назад

Based on slavery

@annonymous1273 Год назад

marleney5306 age of global expansion slavery happened to all races throughout humanities history, even the ancient Jews of the Bible had slaves. And slavery still happens in Islamic countries etc today

@ah7910 4 месяца назад

Marlene, I feel so sorry for you. I understand that you are angry and unhappy in your life but READ and LEARN and STUDY, or is it easier just to lash out?

@claudiocavaliere856 2 года назад

Absolutely breathtaking! Enchanting in every possible way! Congratulations!

@TinyEpics 2 года назад

That cameo of MEDUSA is absolutely stunning 😍 Recently made a Medusa video so her tragic story has been on my mind.

@SoCalDreamer91 2 года назад

Love intaglios and cameos and seeing them incorporated so beautifully into these incredible pieces of jewlery is just breathtaking

@geigertec5921 2 года назад

How dare they equate a monetary price to these priceless artifacts at the end, completely uncalled for. This collection belongs to the people of Europe.

@sjwilloughby-greene8214 4 месяца назад

Magnificent collection. Thank you for sharing. ❤

@englishrose4388 2 года назад

Stunning. So sad that they’re being sold and not staying in a museum.

@user-rv9um5xc3r 2 года назад

Why?

@madamadadane7989 2 года назад

@@user-rv9um5xc3r personally I like that in a museum other people will learn the history and context of the piece meanwhile if it were to be locked away in someone's personal showroom. Just better for academic expertise than collective purposees

@user-rv9um5xc3r 2 года назад

@@madamadadane7989 being sold to a private buyer doesn´t mean it will be locked away in someone´s personal showroom. Museums exhibit a lot of private items. And even if this was a case of "personal showrom" or even a safe, the marginal benefit from two tiaras being exhibited to the public isn´t bigger than the millions in trade they acumulated througout their history.

@k_a3785 2 года назад

I thought at first that it’s some Versace Jewellery or something 😅

@N.Eutered 2 года назад

Just in time for Christmas ❤️

@jeogle4657 2 года назад

She was a lady with style that had many fine objects to surround herself with. Old jewelry has always fascinated me because of the beautiful workmanship involved. Thank you for posting.

@veryfrozen3271 2 года назад

By style you mean money

@jeogle4657 2 года назад

@@veryfrozen3271 not necessarily. She was a minor figure until marrying up. Her style and how she did things helped to attract her first husband, but her marriage was arranged and he was embarrassed by her low birth. She had weekly pedicures when it was not a common practice, but she had bad teeth and apparently smelled like a strong odorous cheese. She had a flair for fashion, though. Of course, having money did help her obtain her clothing and beautiful jewelry.

@skeewaux4987 2 года назад

The remanded of the Bonaparte treasure is located somewhere in Louisiana after Jean Lafitte brought back the treasure from Spain, but failed to rescue Napoleon. I believe it to be just south of lake Charles, or in between lake Charles and cat island........ priceless artifacts!!!!

@donifinch9079 2 года назад

Impressive. The intaglios. Portraits are beautiful.

@senguptasayn 2 года назад

Excellent presentation. Thanks for the upload.

@tato33uk 2 года назад

Little did she know that Medusa would become the emblem of House Versace.

@TinyEpics 2 года назад

Medusa was the emblem of the Greek goddess Athena a couple thousand years before Versace used it. She literally wears it on her breastplate in most depictions. Certainly Josephine would have been aware of this 😊

@joaocarlosmelonunes6106 3 месяца назад

❤@@TinyEpics

@tanitamaurer 2 года назад

It belongs to a museum.

@californiatimes1 2 года назад

Its so beautiful it makes me cry!!!

@cloisterene 2 года назад

So is the Victoria and Albert museum selling these now?

@kittycat33155 2 года назад

Beautiful 💓 I wish I could bid on them 😭

@88997799 2 года назад

Rick Pawn Stars: ” i’ll give you $20 bucks and that’s taking a risk” Absolutely no proof I am unethical and greedy exists on film…. Rick Harrison

@kevinnapier8996 2 года назад

#Amazing #Fashion #History!! #ThankYou for #Sharing!!

@mariaevans5793 2 года назад

They are stunning!!!!!!☺️🇬🇧

@JACOBJMCNAUGHTON 2 года назад

so beautiful… wow!

@monadotson741 2 года назад

Absolutely breathtaking beautiful

@227Love 2 года назад

So gorgeous, I’m named after her 🌸

@gmr2gnr 2 года назад

Just bought one 👌

@AngelasMixedMediaArtist 2 года назад

Wow 🤩 amazing

@tseamus8288 2 года назад

Yes, Phenomenal. Just wow!

@TetsuoTheAwakenedOne 2 года назад

Incredible.

@veronicasmyth3830 2 года назад

I kept craving carved gem Stones....This is Gorgeous.

@Lotdesasnowden0 2 года назад

Wow lovely indeed💜

@ColonelMichaelOrgan 2 года назад

Superb.

@arlettehellemans2117 2 года назад

I am so happy I have some beautiful cameo's

@pumpkindiamond994 2 года назад

Impressive! 👏👍

@gilldaking 2 года назад

As a fanatic or gold I never seen something more beautiful

@oltedders 2 года назад

Why are these being sold off?

@ahogbin2644 2 года назад

‘Permanent loan’ obviously means nothing these days?

@Lommy9999 2 года назад

Excellent question.

@KarensOpinionsMayDiffer 2 года назад

Gorgeous!

@davidcaldecoat7414 2 года назад

WOW amazing

@thyslop1737 2 года назад

Stunning, statement jewelry.

@Tony-InLosAngeles 2 года назад

Wow 🤩

@SkyeRangerNick 4 месяца назад

The more I see of these sorts of works of art, the more I marvel and the more I am curious regarding the makers. Do we have well documented information regarding the artists, goldsmiths, carvers, and so on? I see people do some of this work today with high tech equipment. But, countless centuries ago, what must have the studios and craft centers looked like? In the news these days are looted Scythian gold works. Also a marvel. I am curious about their craft centers and masters of the crafts and arts.

@callmemrbombastic1903 2 года назад

So essentially this woman had the first Versace piece! Or should I say this is where he got his inspiration from.

@hanawana 2 года назад

beautiful

@erikacorette7137 2 года назад

The intaglio stones are not referenced as to their specific nature. Are these agate? Inquiring minds are curious.

@berrymariavanboekel8489 2 года назад

yes Carnelian agate chalcedony: micro crystalline quartz

@abnnuzzinicholasclay686 2 года назад

Amazing i like cameos

@ImQuiteGay 3 месяца назад

It’s interesting how at the time if you were a “Napoleon criticiser” at those times you probably would have made fun of his wife’s jewellery. But now the jewellery holds such historical significance it’s looked at without negativity.

@hanawana 2 года назад

i shall have to see these at the v&a

@d.b.1176 2 года назад

Looks brand new.

@reggieboyd3501 2 года назад

Now I know how Versace got his style of design

@simonphoenix3789 2 года назад

how on earth did they make these before power tools existed? How do you carve such fine features into a rock? that looks like Chalcedony, which is a pretty hard rock to cut. nowadays you could do it with a dremel, but its hard to imagine doing that with some sort of primitive sandpaper.

@vivek-1318 2 года назад

Awesome

@user-ig7cd8kp7o 2 года назад

Is so gorgeours 🤩🤩🤩 beautifulllllllll

@hyekang3850 2 года назад

Is the chained roundel with cameo design a sort of Versace style?

@marlenemcmillan8891 2 года назад

Wonderful to.see

@bennett1199 2 года назад

Joséphine Bonaparte : for one second, i was asking myself who she was. She is called, she was called Joséphine de Beauharnais.

@botacct6522 2 года назад

I have about 300lbs. Of those glistening stones. They certainly are amazing!

@island661 2 года назад

I want!

@tubelator 2 года назад

Survived 200years. Amazing.

@tonylarussa4046 2 года назад

They should be in the Louvre not the V&A.

@bravo795mp 2 года назад

I’m pretty sure they were sold

@archangelmichael706 2 года назад

Sold.

@user-nz4yd3iu4t 2 года назад

멋찝니다~~~~

@stephanieyee9784 2 года назад

This is why it is so important that treasures from metal detection, mudlarking as well as archaeological sites are reported and logged with Antiquities. If the intaglio/cameo in these pieces Are ancient Roman they had to have been dug up somewhere in Europe and sold to the highest bidder. In a private collection they're lost to the world but here in the museum they Belong to the world.

@cliftonbowers6376 5 месяцев назад

Seen in Katherine the Great as well have held in my own hands too..😮

@cliftonbowers6376 5 месяцев назад

Thank you ..😮😊

@avalanche9026 3 месяца назад

Can’t imagine the value ? Of those pieces ??

@classicontario1776 2 года назад

They were given to the museum are you selling them?

@carls.1000 3 месяца назад

She was the first one on her block to own a Versace bracelet! LOL

@shelleyharris2850 2 года назад

That burnt orange

@fleurmcdonald1392 Год назад

❤superb

@Nathan-ed2jx 2 года назад

So mesmerizing, I had to puaso so I could stare

@jimverdalupan9510 2 года назад

wow

@looking8030 2 года назад

Wow

@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un 2 года назад

I would think this would go for millions, not mere hundreds of thousands

@patr978 2 года назад

Josephine been wearing Versace jewelries

@romeoroyce187 2 года назад

Appraiser : it's in the $5mill dollar range at the rite auction Rick : best I could do is $50 bucks an a smile ... I gotta get it framed , it takes up space an it will sit for a while

@osvaldoarellano7542 2 года назад

Thought it was live rosin

@scarlettmorgan2938 2 года назад

Empress Josephine’s treasures should be purchased by the Napoleonic musée national; then put on permanent display within Chateau de Malmaison.

@simongreenham 2 года назад

They should be in Paris, I hope at least they remain in Europe...

@juriaanoussoren 2 года назад

Versace !

@letBIGGIErest 2 года назад

The Medusa piece looks like something made by Versace

@zevan6147 4 месяца назад

💡

@edwinlu123 2 года назад

these stuff can have a look of resins these days

@stevenbriggs784 2 года назад

the monitary "value" is almost insulting. these are invaluable pieces of history, i cannot phathom them being lost to the world.

@Lommy9999 2 года назад

So she wore Versace?

@dittedatte8046 2 года назад

😄😄😄

@nickpalm6823 2 года назад

This Medusa is so familiar…

@ananyadas2042 2 года назад

2:24 why does this look like Versace?!😆

@smallgay6000 2 года назад

Ngl I thought the thumbnail was of a fat dab

@maureenoneill2847 2 года назад

Our Philadelphia Josephine street by our Cartier's watches for time piece's sees

@jags.3389 2 года назад

In this life, there’s no balance. Imagine being a part of this classical era and wearing the most rare antiquities of the world today back then, yet no photography to vividly capture them only paintings which doesn’t do as much visual justice as photography. Just goes to proves that no human civilization ever had it all. The golden age or era characterized by class, never had photography and the so called modern age of today doesn’t have class.

@salvas7376 4 месяца назад

I would not believe this. I got scammed with a Martha Stewart add like this one!!!! They stold $180

@Tyyrantgod 2 года назад

Thought this was a fat dab at first

@shotgunbettygaming 2 года назад

Half a million-ish? That's all? I'm stunned they aren't valued at more.

@katalinjuhasz641 4 месяца назад

EMIREK MEGVESZNEK MINDEN EUROPAI KINCSET, ROHADTAK...

@Alanoffer 2 года назад

Permanent loan ,,,,now being sold? These belong in the Louvre not in the bank vault of the rich

@randallrohr623 2 года назад

Those estimates seem really cheap to me. It’s crazy that rappers will spend hundreds of thousands on icing out a Rolex that decreases its value when they can literally be buying stuff like this instead.