{"id":71,"date":"2022-03-31T14:15:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vonchrupek.com\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2023-10-07T20:08:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T18:08:35","slug":"the-lovers-eye","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vonchrupek.com\/index.php\/the-lovers-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lover’s Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

installation (2021)<\/em>, handpained image of the eye (canvas) behind the domed glass. Size of the brooch 23 cm x 17 cm, pearls 3 cm. Size of the installation: 60 cm x 45 cm x 30 cm<\/em>

“The Lover\u2019s eyes” were hand-painted miniatures of a human eye set in jewellery and given as token of affection or remembrance. They were Georgian miniatures, normally watercolour on ivory, set with gemstones, occasionally included also a lock of hair. In 1785, when the Prince of Wales secretly proposed to Mrs. Maria Fitzherbert with a miniature of his own eye, he inspired an aristocratic fad for exchanging eye portraits mounted in a wide variety of settings including brooches, rings or lockets. Portrait miniatures were very popular items of jewellery during the 18th century. It was however, a short-lived trend. By the 1820s, eye jewellery had gone out of fashion. The diorama was inspired by the jewellery collection of the District Museum in Konin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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