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Fig 32 – Etruscan ‘Stone Votive Statue Of A Young Infant’ Wearing A Bulla Amulet And 2 Pendants Hung From A Beaded Necklace. 2nd Century BC

Fig 32
2nd Century BC
Etruscan ‘Stone Votive Statue of a Young Infant’ – depicting a young boy wearing a beaded necklace with three pendants – 2 curved pendants hang either side of a ‘bulla’ amulet. From the votive offerings near the North Gate of Vulci, Montalto di Castro, Viterbo (Italy).
Vulci, Italy
National Etruscan Museum Of Villa Giulia, Rome

Fig 61 – Funerary Portrait Of A Young ‘Boy With A Floral Garland In His Hair’ Wearing Three Leather Bulla Amulets And A Gold Signet Ring. Fayum Mummy Portrait From Er-Rubayat, Egypt, c.200 – 230 AD

c.200 – 230 AD – Funerary Portrait Of A Young ‘Boy With A Floral Garland In His Hair’ – depicting the Fayum Mummy Portrait of a young boy from Er-Rubayat in Egypt wearing: a black plaited leather necklace with three leather bulla amulets and a gold signet ring on his left hand.
From Er-Rubayat, Egypt
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

Fig 148 – Portrait Of The 20 Month Old ‘Daughter Of Sir John Thynne Of Longleat’ Holding A Silver Whistle And Bells Rattle With Animal Tooth Teether, And Wearing A Gold Chain With A Gold Jewelled Cross Pendant, And Jewelled Sleeve Aglets. Attributed To Hans Eworth, 1572

1572 – Portrait Of The ‘Daughter of Sir John Thynne of Longleat’ – depicting the 20 month old daughter of Sir John Thynne (builder of Longleat House) holding a silver whistle and bells rattle with animal tooth teether hung on a silver chain around his waist; jewelled aglets adorn her sleeves at the shoulder; and a gold chain with a gold jewelled cross is looped twice around her neck.
Attributed to Hans Eworth (Netherlandish)
Longleat House, England

Fig 170 – Portrait Of The 1 Year Old ‘Infanta Ana Mauricia Of Austria’ Wearing Bodice And Waist Amulets, Gem-Set Rings And A Bracelet, And Holding A Coral Teething Stem. By Juan Pantoja De La Cruz, 1602

Fig 170 – 1602 Portrait of the ‘Infanta Ana Mauricia Of Austria’ – depicting the 1 year old daughter of King Philip III of Spain wearing amulets: a jewelled cross, a crystal memento box and a heart pendant adorn her bodice; an animal foot, a higa, a spherical pomander, a bell and a horn are hung from her waist; she holds a diamond-shaped teething stem set with a branch of coral. In addition, she wears three jewelled rings on each hand and a jewelled bracelet on her left wrist.
Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish
Convent of Las Descalzas Reales, Madrid

Fig 203 – Portrait Of The 2 Year Old ‘Clarice Strozzi’ Wearing A Gem-Set Gold Pendant, Pearl Necklace And Bracelet, Gem-Set Ring And A Jewelled Pomander Suspended From A Waist Girdle. By Titian, 1542

1542 – Portrait Of ‘Clarice Strozzi’- depicting the 2 year daughter of Roberto Strozzi and Maddalena dei Medici wearing: a gem-set gold pendant suspended from a chunky pearl necklace, a matching pearl bracelet, a delicate gem-set ring, and an elaborately jewelled gold pomander hung from a decorative waist girdle.
By Titian (Venetian)
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Fig 635 – Artwork Of ’The Dream Princess c.1630 – 2000’ Featuring The 17th Century Portrait Of 1 Year Old ‘Lady Henrietta Stanley’ Wearing A Pearl Choker, A Coral Teething Stem And Then Adorned In 20th Century Plastic ‘My Dream Princess’ Jewellery. By Dr Sarah McAleer, 2000.

Fig 635
2000 – Artwork of ’The Dream Princess c.1630 – 2000’ – featuring the c.1630 – 1631 portrait of 1 year old ‘Lady Henrietta Stanley’ wearing a pearl choker, a coral teething stem & then adorned in 20th century ‘My Dream Princess’ jewellery featuring a plastic jewelled pendant, gold torque necklace and pink and orange plastic double-heart earrings.
Portrait by the Anglo-French School, (c.1630 – 1631)
Plastic Jewellery by David Halsall Toys, UK (2000)
Artwork by Dr Sarah McAleer (2000).