Barberini Trophy Necklace Shield Studs a six-fold screen from the

a six-fold screen from the Edo Period (1658–1716)

symbol by symbol

while the stylized wings and gentle gaze were meant to evoke protection

they were originally painted as part of a grand devotional work

Set in sterling silver and finished with a soft blue African opal drop

Barberini Trophy Necklace Shield Studs a six-fold screen from theThis necklace features imagery from Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power, the monumental Baroque ceiling fresco painted by Pietro da Cortona between 16321639 for the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. The sprawling composition was created as a celebration of the powerful Barberini family, overflowing with symbolic figures, gilded ornament, movement, and theatrical grandeur characteristic of the Italian Baroque. The fragment used here centers on