Juvelarian : historien om Christina Nilssons smaragder /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 22 July, 2018 - 14:01

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Mattsson, Christina,; Welander-Berggren, Elsebeth,

Source:

Karlstad : Votum,, Sweden, p.192 pages : (2017)

ISBN:

9188435296

Call Number:

NK5661.V39

Other Number:

9789188435293

Keywords:

(OCoLC)fst00815319, (OCoLC)fst00908467, (OCoLC)fst00982535, (OCoLC)fst00982591, 20th century., Art, Case studies., Emeralds, Emeralds., fast, History, History., Jewelry, Jewelry theft, Jewelry theft., Jewelry., Provenance, Provenance., Sweden

Notes:

The history of three pieces of emerald jewelry presented to the opera singer Christina Nilsson by the Russian Tsar during her performance of the Jewel song from Faust in Saint Petersburg in 1873, their subsequent unnoticed theft from the National Museum in Sweden, sale at auction, discovery and eventual relocation in the museum in her hometown of Växjö.Includes bibliographical references.