Zuleika Gerrish on Instagram: "💎 It’s official! The list of jewels stolen from the Louvre has been confirmed. In the early hours of 19th October 2025, nine treasures of France’s royal and imperial past vanished from the Galerie d’Apollon. Jewels that once adorned queens and empresses, captured forever in portraits such as these. 👑 Queen Marie-Amélie of France (1782–1866) wears her Sapphire Parure in the first portrait — a masterpiece of 1820s craftsmanship, created for her or Queen Hortense. 1️⃣ Diadem from the sapphire parure 2️⃣ Necklace from the same set 3️⃣ One sapphire earring (its pair remains) 💚 Empress Marie-Louise (1791–1847), Napoleon I’s second wife, was gifted an Emerald Parure by the court jeweller Nitot in 1810 — its stones among the most celebrated of the Napoleonic era. 4️⃣ Emerald necklace 5️⃣ Pair of emerald earrings ✨ Empress Eugénie (1826–1920), muse of the Second Empire, saw her jewels defined by the splendour of Bapst and Lemonnier. 6️⃣ “Broche Reliquaire” (1855) — set with two historic Mazarin diamonds from Louis XIV’s crown collection 7️⃣ Diadem of Empress Eugénie (c. 1853–55) 8️⃣ Large bow (noeud) bodice brooch 9️⃣ Her Crown (1855), created for the Exposition Universelle, was found abandoned and damaged near the museum — recovered, but forever altered. These were not mere jewels, but fragments of France’s story — from Bourbon dynasties to the Bonapartes — a lineage of craftsmanship and power, now lost to theft. #FrenchCrownJewels #GalerieDApollon #Louvre #MarieAmelie #EmpressEugenie #MarieLouise #NapoleonicJewels #SecondEmpire #JewelleryHistory #CulturalHeritage #JewelleryHeist #JewelryHeist #stolenjewellery #AntiqueJewelleryHistorian"

13K likes, 588 comments - antiquejewelleryhistorian on October 19, 2025: "💎 It’s official! The list of jewels stolen from the Louvre has been confirmed. In the early hours of 19th October 2025, nine treasures of France’s royal and imperial past vanished from the Galerie d’Apollon. Jewels that once adorned queens and empresses, captured forever in portraits such as these. 👑 Queen Marie-Amélie of France (1782–1866) wears her Sapphire Parure in the first portrait — a masterpiece of 1820s craftsmanship, created for her or Queen Hortense. 1️⃣ Diadem from the sapphire parure 2️⃣ Necklace from the same set 3️⃣ One sapphire earring (its pair remains) 💚 Empress Marie-Louise (1791–1847), Napoleon I’s second wife, was gifted an Emerald Parure by the court jeweller Nitot in 1810 — its stones among the most celebrated of the Napoleonic era. 4️⃣ Emerald necklace 5️⃣ Pair of emerald earrings ✨ Empress Eugénie (1826–1920), muse of the Second Empire, saw her jewels defined by the splendour of Bapst and Lemonnier. 6️⃣ “Broche Reliquaire” (1855) — set with two historic Mazarin diamonds from Louis XIV’s crown collection 7️⃣ Diadem of Empress Eugénie (c. 1853–55) 8️⃣ Large bow (noeud) bodice brooch 9️⃣ Her Crown (1855), created for the Exposition Universelle, was found abandoned and damaged near the museum — recovered, but forever altered. These were not mere jewels, but fragments of France’s story — from Bourbon dynasties to the Bonapartes — a lineage of craftsmanship and power, now lost to theft. #FrenchCrownJewels #GalerieDApollon #Louvre #MarieAmelie #EmpressEugenie #MarieLouise #NapoleonicJewels #SecondEmpire #JewelleryHistory #CulturalHeritage #JewelleryHeist #JewelryHeist #stolenjewellery #AntiqueJewelleryHistorian".