Large Cut Diamond in a Setting

Large Cut Diamond in a Setting

RP-P-OB-84.605

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

This print shows an early example of a brilliant-cut oval diamond, a type of cut used increasingly in the course of the 18th century. The features of this style are illustrated at the top: the flat table (top view), the girdle (side view), and the pavilion (bottom view). The brilliant-cut optimizes the dispersion of light in the stone, enhancing its fire, or brilliance.

FMH 4166

print maker: anoniem (possibly)

1710 - 1770

ets

height 132 mm x width 92 mm

purchase 1881

Public domain

• FMH 4166
• Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen : beredeneerde beschrijving van Nederlandsche historieplaten, zinneprenten en historische kaarten, 4 delen, F. Muller, Amsterdam 1863-1882, dl. II (jaren 1702 tot 1795), p. 204, nr. 4166.

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200526204