A pearl deal [Met. video]

Valeria101

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The link below goes to a presentation by a historian with the Metropolitan NY. about the circumstances of a portrait and incidentally, of a rather nice collection of pearls shown with the sitter.


Eleanora de Toledo's wedding gift


... the story of securing a significant pearl collection in one buying trip is buried in the talk. Unthinkable today?
 
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