Video: What the queen's diamond pendants actually looked like
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Perhaps everyone who read the adventure story of Dumas, or watched the film "D'artagnan and the Three Musketeers" was interested in the question, but what did the pendants of the French queen look like that caused all the fuss.
In Dumas's book, this mysterious thing is described in one case as "a large blue bow studded with diamonds", and in another "pendants, tied with a bow of the same color as the feathers and skirt." Of course, the first option looks more impressive - a bow that is all covered with sparkling gems. And even some kind of pendants fade into the background.
And this translation is fully consistent with the pendants, which were shown in the Soviet film about D'artagnan. Remember, in the film, the queen had a blue beautiful bow with diamonds, and you could even see something hanging from the bow.
But if you look into the English translation, you will see "diamond studs", and this is translated as "cufflinks." If you look into the original of Dumas' novel, you will find “ferrets de diamants”. The first word in this phrase means “lace tip”. This once popular jewelry was made of gold and silver, decorated with enamel and precious stones.
Therefore, most likely, the pendants of the French queen looked something like this. True, there are not 12 of them in this portrait of Rubens, in only 2.
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