Got lost in the glittering jewels of Russian court in Amsterdam Hermitage Museum during my latest trip! After discovering Bibi van der Velden jewelry in her  Amsterdam studio, we took a step to the past, exploring the dazzling collection of jewels of Russian nobility from the St. Petersburg Winter Palace and Hermitage. It felt like entering a grand ball hosted by empresses and tsarinas, where extravagant jewels saw no limit in adorning ladies’ garments! I was drawn to exqisite paintings and loved the meaning behind Bibi van der Velden Memento Mori ring, presenting the turbulent story of Romanovs in a cycle of life and death. Lushly decorated with sustainably sourced rubies, emeralds, pink sapphires, diamonds and 60,000-year-old mammoth tusk from the Siberian permafrost, this ring was specially designed for the Jewels! exhibition Hermitage Amsterdam.

 

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