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Here are the details on every piece of jewelry that was stolen from the museum...
It took just seven minutes for the robbers to enter and leave the Louvre museum on Sunday morning, taking with them eight priceless historical jewels. According to sources from the French cultural authorities, the stolen objects are:
Tiara of the Crown of Queen Marie-Amélie and Queen Hortense: Made of sapphires from Ceylon and diamonds, this jewel measuring 6.2 cm high and 10.7 cm wide was once worn by Hortense, daughter of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoleon's first wife, and then by Marie-Amélie of Bourbon-Sicilies, wife of Louis-Philippe.
Necklace and a pair of earrings from the same sapphire set , which have been adapted over the years by the women who have worn them. Until 1985, these jewels were the property of the Orléans branch of the royal family. Neither the name of the commissioner nor the jeweler is documented. The origin of the set appears in a letter sent by the Duke of Orléans, who later became Louis-Philippe, to Hortense de Beauharnais. Family legend mentions, without verification, that the set may have also belonged to Marie Antoinette.
Emerald necklace and emerald earrings from the collection of Marie-Louise , Napoleon's second wife, originally from Austria. This was a wedding gift in March 1810, after his separation from Joséphine, who could not provide him with an heir. The necklace contained 32 emeralds – 10 of them pear-shaped – and a total of 1,138 diamonds, and is the work of the famous master François-Régnault Nitot.
The brooch, known as the "reliquary brooch" , one of the few objects untouched by 19th-century auctions, has always remained part of the Louvre's collection.
The diadem of Empress Eugénie, the Andalusian wife of Napoleon III. A complex historical figure, Eugénie idolized Joséphine and Marie Antoinette, and is known for her contributions to fashion and charity, including the creation of the “Kitchens Econômique”, the forerunner of the “Restos du Cœur”. As regent, Eugénie is considered the last woman to have held the office of head of state in France.
The large breast ribbon of Empress Eugénie , another special piece of jewelry, made up of thousands of diamonds, purchased by the Louvre in 2008 for 6.72 million euros.
In a recent development, the crown of Empress Eugénie has been found near the museum, but damaged. Measuring 13 cm in height and 15 cm in width, it is made up of 1,354 diamonds, 1,136 pink stones and 56 emeralds. This crown, a symbol of the “brilliance of the Second Empire”, was created by the jeweler Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier for the Universal Exhibition of 1855. Despite the damage, it has been recovered along with its original box.
Surprisingly, the robbers did not touch the “ Le Régent ”, one of the most famous diamonds in French history, weighing 140 carats, located among the most guarded treasures of the crown. Exhibited in the Apollo Gallery, along with the “Sancy” and “Hortensia” diamonds, it remained intact in its place. This particular diamond is also called “cursed”, as those who had it in their possession did not come to a good end.
The robbery has shocked the world of art and cultural heritage and brought to light an open wound in French historical memory – the destruction of the symbols of the crown, filled with material wealth and symbolic weight that exceeds any financial valuation. Investigations are still ongoing, while the international community anxiously awaits answers to a crime that is not just against a museum, but against history itself.
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