Navigation A story of Zafiros: from the adoptive daughter of Napoleon I To the best bid

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Imane Rachidi

Amsterdam, Apr 11 (EFE).- Their sapphires and diamonds shine as if it were the nineteenth century, when they looked at them in a tiara, some earrings or a ring the young estefanía of Beauharnais, adoptive daughter of Napoleon I.His collection of jewels, which loads with a long dynastic history of wealth, taste, style and power, knows the world before auctioning to the highest bidder.

The one that was also a great duchess of Baden (1789-1860) safeguarded these pieces which treasure when his cousin Hortensia of Beauharnais (1783-1837), wife of Luis Bonaparte and mother of the Emperor Napoleon III of France, and passed by hand,In hand until one day, in 1861, they joined their destiny to jewels of the Braganza dynasty.

There are nine pieces and will be offered for sale in individual lots: a tiara, a necklace, a couple of slopes, two pendants, two brooches, a ring and a bracelet, which form what is known as "parure", a game ofjewels, and in which a total of 38 sapphires originating in Ceilán (current Sri Lanka) were used in the early nineteenth century.

“It is a unique opportunity in life for collectors to buy a piece of such historical importance.Normally, these pieces can only be seen in museums such as the Louvre in Paris, Victoria and Alberto de London and other important institutions around the world, ”says Efe Lukas Biehler, a jewelry expert from Christie’s.

The sale of these jewels coincides with the 200th anniversary of the death on May 5 of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) in his residence, Longwood's house, during his exile on the small island of Santa Elena.“From that day, the Napoleonic legend has flourished.It is an extraordinary coincidence that this spectacular set of sapphires and diamonds from the collection of his adoptive daughter, arrives in Christie's in May 2021, ”adds the specialist.

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These pieces have landed this week in Amsterdam, their only European stop, before marching to New York at the end of April to return to Geneva, where they will be sold at an auction in Christie's, expanding the legacy of real collections that have crossed more than more thantwo centuries the doors of this auction house.

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Observe these jewels resembles a history book.Josefina de Beauharnais, who was married to Napoleon I since 1796, she ended up taking care of Estefanía's education and maintenance, who lost her mother two years after birth and spent her first years living with the nuns in France in France.

A month before the wedding of the young Estefanía, which grew between the walls of Versailles and Paris, Napoleon decided to adopt her as a daughter so she could take the title of her imperial highness Princess Estefanía Napoleon and be able to marry a member of the family of the family of the family of theGreat Ducado de Baden, Prince Carlos de Baden, on April 6, 1806.

How did these jewels reach their hands?The record found among Estefanía's boxes pointed to her cousin Hortensia, who frequently appeared next to her mother, Empress Josefina, in many paintings where they can be seen looking by precious belts.The financial documents of Hortensia, preserved in the Napoleon archive in Paris, testify to their fortune from 1817 to 1937, when he died, Christie's underlines.

When Estefanía died, his second daughter Josefina Federica received the "parure" of Zafiro, described as "Collar, pendant, slopes, 7 pins and a belt"."The belts decorated with precious stones were part of any jewelry ornaof auctions.

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The belt was remodeled in a tiara and a bracelet, which, added to a necklace, slopes and pendants, were part of the inheritance that his eldest son, Leopoldo (1835-1905), who married the Infanta Antonia,Seventh daughter of Mary II of Portugal, thus joining the fate of two "parors", that of Estefanía and that of Mary da Gloria, who had removable brooches and a crown engasted with a remarkable Burmese sapphire in the center.

This collection, which collects the European history of love and hate that joined the Braganza de Portugal and Napoleon dynasty, will be offered to the highest bidder on May 12.EFE

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