The Apollo gallery was built by architect Louis le Vau and decorated by painter Charles le Brun and other artists to glorify king Louis XIV in 1661. The 41…
The project was only completed in the 18th and 19th centuries with the painting of the central composition, Apollo vanquishing the serpent Python by Delacroix…
In 1861 the crown gems (priceless vases in rock crystal and colored stone) collected by Louis XIV were installed in the gallery, followed by the crown jewels.
A door.
Spinel, known as the Côte de Bretagne, 108 metric carats, the oldest surviving gem of the Crown's jewels, from the collection of Claude de France…
Polish eagle, Hessonite garnet, 149 rubies, emerald, pearl, enamelled gold. From the collection of Louis XIV.
Augustin Duflos and Laurent Rondé, Louis XV's crown, Paris, 1722.
Crown of Charlemagne, created for Napoleon's coronation on December 2, 1804 in Notre-Dame in Paris. It was then reused for Charles X's coronation in Reims in…
Francois-Régnault Nitot, Necklace and earrings of Empress Marie-Louise, second wife of Napoleon I, Paris; emeralds, diamonds, gold, silver.
Diadem of the duchess of Angouleme (1778-1851), niece of Louis XVIII, delivered in 1814 by jewel maker Paul-Nicolas Meniere. 40 emeralds, 1031 diamonds.
Jewel set of Marie-Amelie, wife of king Louis-Philippe, bought in 1821 by Louis-Philippe from Josephine de Beauharnais (Napoleon's first wife), modified for his…
Jewel set of Marie-Amelie, wife of king Louis-Philippe, bought in 1821 by Louis-Philippe from Josephine de Beauharnais (Napoleon's first wife), modified for his…
Crown of Empress Eugénie, used by Napoleon III's wife Eugénie during the 1855 world fair. Gold, 2490 diamonds, 56 emeralds.
Algiers' dey watch, London, 1815-1816, gold and 265 diamonds.
