Before the Russian Revolution in 1917 the Russian Imperial Court was the place to show of your splendid jewelry. The exhibition Jewels! Glittering at the Russian Court at the Hermitage in Amsterdam, The Netherlands makes it painfully clear that many imperial Russian jewels have gone lost. The Romanovs and aristocrates who fled the country took […]
10 Years Hermitage – Preview of the Jewels exhibition
There is not an exhibition I am looking forward to more than the jubilee exhibition #2 of the Hermitage Amsterdam on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. From 14 September 2019 to 15 March 2020 “Jewels! Glittering at the Russian Court” will be on display. At the moment – until 25 August 2019 – one […]
A Book much sought – The Jewels of the House of Orange-Nassau
There is one royal book in Dutch that I know many people would love to have, including me. It finally occurred to me recently that I could try to borrow it via the public library. Not that my own library had it, but a handful of public libraries in the Netherlands turned out to have […]
DIVA – The star crown
I spent the weekend in Antwerpen (Antwerp), Belgium, and even managed to pay a visit to some places despite of my health and the heat. High on my list was a visit to the new Diamond Museum DIVA. More about the museum itself later, but I spotted this beautiful, not too big tiara in a […]
The Stunning (Royal) Jewels of Steltman
If you love jewelry and are in the Netherlands between 4 November 2017 and 18 February 2018, you really have to visit the exhibition “Haagse Chic. Steltman. 100 jaar sieraden & zilver” (Hague Chic. Steltman. 100 Years of Jewelry and Silverware) at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. The exhibition is probably not huge, but it […]
Fabergé exhibition at the Koldinghus
Together with two friends I had a one-week vacation in Denmark planned in the second week of May 2016. Our main goal was visiting Legoland, as one of my friends is a huge fan of Lego. However a friend of mine told me about the “Fabergé” exhibition that was to be opened at the Koldinghus […]