I love jewelry and love selecting the best combinations of rings, necklaces and earrings. But the most difficult task for me is to pick beads, to imagine how to wear them. And I decided to see how this decoration was treated by women in different centuries. After all, beads, chokers, necklaces, chains remain relevant since the ancient times. And I found inspiration in works by many artists. I want to present you a selection of beautiful female portraits from different epochs. Some paintings are famous, but I hope that you will see a lot of new faces here.

Fernand Toussaint
The Bouquet

Thomas Edward Mostyn

A Viennese Memory

Alfred Edward Chalon
Frances Stuart, Viscountess Sandon

Wladislaus von Czachorski
The Bouquet

Leonardo Gasser
An Elegant Lady Holding a Fan

Charles Courtney Curran
Path of Flowers

John William Godward
The Letter

Unknown artist
Porträtt av Bezerra de Vicomtesse Tagoahy

Gertrude Demain Hammond
The Queen of Hearts

Richard Edward Miller
The Black Mantilla

Anonimo Francese del XIX secolo
Figura femminile con collana

Alfred Edward Chalon
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William Clarke Wontner
A Beauty in Eastern Costume

Wilhelm Menzler

Lejaren Hiller
Absinthe, Flynn's Weekly Detective Fiction magazine cover

George Spencer Watson
Portrait of a Lady Holding a Parasol

Somov Konstantin Andreyevich
Portrait of a Lady

George Luks
Contemplation

Federico Andreotti
A Moment's Reflection

Makovsky Konstantin

Portrait of a Woman with Coral Beads

Timofeev Vasili Timofeevich
A Girl in the Red Scarf

Stepanov Klavdiy Petrovich
Portrait of a Young Woman in a National Costume

Charles Edward Hallé
At Vespers

Pompeo Massani
A Woman with Pearls

Jeannette Scott

Anton Ebert
Portrait of a Young Spanish Woman

Makovsky Konstantin
A Young Boyar's Baughter

Malyavin Filipp Andreevich
Portrait of Singer Nadezhda Plevitskaya

Desyatov Pavel
A Girl Combing the Hair

Unknown artist
Portrait of a Wofe of a Merchant in a Red Shawl

Sedov Grigory Semenovich
A Boyar's Daughter

Makovsky Vladimir

A Woman Looking into a Mirror

Gustave Jean Jacquet
A Young Girl with the Red Dress

Leon Herbo
Her Future Before Her

Francis Grant
Portrait Of Lady Digby

Otto Hake
Louise Sellergren Holding a Rose

Edouard Tofano
Elegante à l’éventail

George Washington Lambert
Portrait of a Lady (Thea Proctor)

Frederick C Frieseke
The Blue Curtains

Mary Cassatt
Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge

Ernest-Louis Lessieux

Hermann Jean Joseph Richir

Jean de la Hoese
A Lady in a Blue Dress

Frederick C Frieseke
The Gold Locket

Jan Portielje
The Jewel Case

Filippo Indoni

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
Petrarch's Laure at Avignon

Feshin Nikolay
Portrait of Duane

Agapit Stevens

Ludwig Kandler

Giovanni Boldini

Frederick C Frieseke


Frederick C Frieseke

The Powder

William Orpen
Anita Bartle, the Red Shawl


William Orpen

John Graham
The Love Letter

William Orpen
Portrait of Lady Idina Wallace

Francis John Wyburd

Vincenzo Irolli
Dame mit Rosenbouquet

Michele Cortegiani

Hans Makart
Clothilde Beer, the Cousin of the Artist

Charles Zacharie Landelle

Arthur Hughes
The Lady with the Lilacs

Timashevsky Orest Isaakovich
A Girl in a Turban

Timoshkin Anatoly

Guy Pene Du Bois

James Watterston Herald
The Bride

Harrison Fisher

Maler des 20. Jahrhunderts
Junge Suedlaenderin mit einem Blumenkorb

Bernard Charoy

Unknown artist
Woman from Bahía

Francesco Bacchiacca
Portrait of a Young Lady Holding a Cat (16th century)

Jan van Rossum
Portrait of a Lady

Jan Cornelisz Verspronck
Portrait of a Young Lady with Embroidered Dress, Lace and Pearls

Unknown artist
Gustavian Young Woman Sleeping at Her Sewing Kits. 1700s