Bracelet Element with Miniature Portrait of Louis XIV

ca. 1670

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

This diamond-framed medallion, part of a wrist ornament, features a miniature portrait of Louis XIV painted by an artist celebrated as the Raphael of enamelers. The marquis de Dangeau mentioned a similar piece of jewelry in a diary entry of October 8, 1706: "The King has made a present of his portrait, enriched with diamonds, to the wife of the Russian ambassador."

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Exhibition History

Title: Bracelet Element with Miniature Portrait of Louis XIV
Artist: Jean Petitot (Swiss, Geneva 1607–1691 Geneva)
Date: ca. 1670
Culture: French
Medium: Silver, gold, enamel, diamonds; miniature portrait: gouache on paper, crystal glass
Dimensions: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
Classification: Miniatures
Credit Line: Patek Philippe Museum, Geneva (E-66)
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts