Fig 99 – Portrait Of The 1 Year Old ‘Edward VI As A Child’ Holding An Ornate Gold Pierced Rattle. By Hans Holbein The Younger, German, c.1538
Fig 99 – c.1538
Portrait of the 1 year old ‘Edward VI As A Child’ holding an ornate gold pierced rattle. This portrait was gifted to the King as a New Years Gift in celebration of the royal ‘heir’ and is said to be the first solo portrait of a child in England.
By Hans Holbein the Younger (German)
The National Gallery of Art, Washington
Fig 101 – Portrait Of The ‘Madonna of Humility’ Depicting The Christ Child Wearing A Coral Branch Pendant. By Giovanni Badile, Veronese, c.1379 – 1451
Fig 101 – c.1379 – 1451
Portrait of the ‘Madonna of Humility’ depicting the Christ Child adorned with a coral branch pendant around his neck
By Giovanni Badile (Veronese)
Azienda Ospedaliera, Verona
Fig 128 – Portrait Of The 1 Year Old ‘Lady Henrietta Stanley’ Wearing A Pearl Choker And A Coral Teething Stem. By The Anglo-French School, c.1630 – 1631
Fig 128 – c.1630 – 1631 Portrait ‘Lady Henrietta Stanley’ depicting a baby girl wearing a pearl choker, and a coral teething stem, set in gold, hung on a white ribbon around her neck
Anglo-French
Private Collection
Fig 133 – Portrait Of A ‘Boy With Coral’ Holding A Coral Teething Stem With Bells And Wearing A Coral Necklace. By The English School, c.1650 – 1660
c.1650 – 1660 – Portrait of a ‘Boy With Coral’ – depicting a young infant holding a gold rattle with coral teething stem and bells hung on a red ribbon around his waist; and around his neck, he wears a string of coral beads.
By an Unknown Artist (English School)
Norwich Castle Museum, 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 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).
Friday Flick 1 | Coral Rattles And Infant Death
Friday Flick #1: Today’s flick through my PhD Thesis is about Coral Rattles and their historical associations with protecting children from the ‘evil eye’ as well as infant death. Or did they?