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 152 – Gold ‘Whistle And Bells’ Teething Rattle Set With A Bear’s Tooth Amulet. 17th Century
17th Century – Gold ‘Whistle And Bells’ Teething Rattle Set With A Bear’s Tooth Amulet – a long gold decorative rattle, featuring a whistle at one end, an ornate bulbous section decorated with bells and set at the other end with a bear’s tooth amulet for teething.
Length: 17.2cm
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
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 216 – Portrait Of The 7 Year Old ‘Princess Elizabeth Stuart’ Lavishly Adorned In Pearl, Ruby And Diamond Jewellery, Including 20 Flower-Shaped Ruby Dress Jewels. By Robert Peake, 1603
1603 – Portrait of ‘Princess Elizabeth (Elizabeth of Bohemia, ‘The Winter Queen’), 1596 -1662, aged seven’ depicting Elizabeth, the daughter of King James I of England wearing: bodkins of gems and pearls in her hair; black diamond drop earrings; a triple-stranded pearl and ruby choker; 20 gem-set bow- or flower-shaped ruby jewels adorn her gown; gem-set jewels adorn her right sleeve; a gem-set brooch suspended from a bow adorns her left sleeve
By Robert Peake, English
National Maritime Museum, London