Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600-1800 from the V&A

This exhibition is timed to coincide with the major redevelopment of the V&A's European 1600-1800 galleries and features approximately 80 highlights from the V&A's magnificent holdings of fine and decorative art. It showcases the variety and splendour of these collections through a series of themes, encapsulating important aspects of courtly life in Europe, including power, patronage, taste and fashion.

  • Cabinet-on-stand, Pierre Gole

    Cabinet-on-stand, Pierre Gole, Paris, 1661-65, veneered in ivory and tortoiseshell, with marquetry of various woods and green-stained bone, ebony mouldings and brass mounts, on a pine carcase, with walnut drawers. Museum no. W.38:1 to 3-1983

  • Snuffbox

    Snuffbox presented by Frederick the Great to his brother August Wilhelm, Berlin, c.1755 Loan.Gilbert:412-2008 © V&A Images/The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  • Waistcoat

    Waistcoat, England, textile, 1730s, 252-1906 © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum

  • Portrait miniature

    Portrait miniature (possibly Mme. De Montespan), maker unknown, 1690, gouache on vellum, heightened with gold and silver. Museum no. P.39-1987

  • Pair of flintlock pistols, Jean Baptiste La Roche

    Pair of flintlock pistols, Jean Baptiste La Roche, Paris, 1750-1760. Museum no. 2243&A-1855

  • Watch, Nicolas Bernard

    Watch, Nicolas Bernard, Paris, 1640-50, gold case decorated in painted enamel, gilt-metal, brass and blued steel movement. Museum no. 2359-1855

  • Quilted chintz palampore, maker unknown

    Quilted chintz palampore, maker unknown, Coromandel Coast, India, about 1700-50, cotton, mordant-dyed and resist-dyed; wadded with cotton and quilted; lined with plain white cotton. Museum no. IS.17-1976

    Quilted chintz palampore, maker unknown, Coromandel Coast, India, about 1700-50, cotton, mordant-dyed and resist-dyed; wadded with cotton and quilted; lined with plain white cotton. Museum no. IS.17-1976

  • Monstrance, Johann Zeck

    Monstrance, Johann Zeckl, Augsburg, Germany, 1705, silver and silver-gilt, given by W. L. Hildburgh. Museum no. M.3-1952

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