Study Days - January 2025 Edition

L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts and the Collège de France organize two Study Days on January 23rd and 24th, 2025, on the topic of: "Diffusion and appreciation of precious ornaments and jewelry in Europe between Baroque and Rococo (1650-1750)".

Under the direction of Francesco Solinas, Associate Professor at the Collège de France, Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton, research professor at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts and Guillaume Glorieux, Director of Education and Research at L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts. 

Collège de France, L’ECOLE School of Jewelry Arts Joailliers (with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels), le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), République des Savoirs et L’École Normale Supérieure (ENS)

Collège de France, salle 2 
11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris 

Registration is closed. You can present yourself directly on site on the day to access the amphitheater, subject to availability.

You can also follow the event online (English simultaneous translation) on this page. Please register using the links below.

MORNING

Webinar Registration

10am: Francesco Solinas (Collège de France): Welcome

10.10am: Guillaume Glorieux (L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts): Preamble

10.20am: Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton (L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts): Presentation of L’ornement précieux 2, proceedings of the second edition of the Study Days on Precious Ornaments

Session Chairperson: Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton (L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts)

10.30am - 11.10am: Stéphane Castelluccio (CNRS): From Rome to Versailles. Imaginary and Seductive Power of Hard Stone Vases of King Louis XIV

Break

11.30am - 12.10pm: Cécile Lugand (Van Cleef & Arpels): The gemstones Trade During the 17th Century According to Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

12.10pm - 12.50pm: Francesco Solinas (Collège de France): Il gioiello della Vita. King Louis XIV and the République des Lettres

Lunch Break

AFTERNOON

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Session Chairperson: Francesco Solinas (Collège de France)

3pm - 3.40pm: Maria Cristina Paoluzzi (Independent Researcher, Rome): Ciro Ferri, Grand Master of Precious Ornaments During the Baroque Age 

3.40pm - 4.20pm: Léonard Pouy (L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts): Deference and Repetition. The Art of Miniature Portraiture in Molded Enamel Under King Louis XIV 

Break

4.40pm - 5.20pm: Jack Ogden (Independent Researcher, United Kingdom): Reaching a price: How gems were valued during the 17th to 18th centuries

MORNING

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Session Chairperson: Francesco Solinas (Collège de France)

10.00am - 10.40am: Giada Policicchio (Università di Salerno & Kunsthistoriches Institut of Florence): The « Belles » Portraits Painted for Princess Violante-Beatrice of Bavaria (1673-1731). Fashion and Jewelry at the Court of Florence between the 17th and 18th Centuries

10.40am - 11.20am: Maria Celeste Cola (Independent Researcher, Rome): Jewels and Precious Ornaments in Roman Inventories During the First Half of the 18th Century

Break

11.40am - 12.20pm: Guillaume Glorieux (L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts): “Gems of Paper”. Gems and Jewels in the Gersaint Auction Catalogs (1736-1750)

12.20pm - 1pm: Dirk Syndram (Director Emeritus of Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden): August the Strong and the Treasure Art

Lunch Break

AFTERNOON

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Session Chairman: Guillaume Glorieux (L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts)

3.00pm - 3.40pm: Rui Galopim de Carvalho (Independent Gemologist, Lisbon): Portuguese Diamond Jewellery 1650-1750: Before and After Brazil 

3.40pm - 4.20pm: Cecilia Grilli (Independent Researcher, Rome): 18th-Century Jewelry: Exceptional Discoveries on the Art Market

Break

4.40pm - 5.20pm: Geoffrey Ripert (Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow, The Frick Collection): From Dust to Lustre: Working with Rare Marbles during the 18th Century in France

5.20pm - 6.pm: Discussion and conclusions