5. passed down from generation to generation was more than an exquisite bauble ...
the mere wearing of a pomander on the body, or its presence in the, hand, was thought to guard against
evil and disease
6. the sweet-smelling pink as a young girl's
hope for a marriage
and
the pomander to combat the foul smells of
crowded cities
Barthel Bruyn the Younger, Barthel Bruyn
le Jeune
Portrait of a Young Woman with a Pink
Portrait d'une jeune femme avec une rose
1560-1569
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
7.
8.
9.
10. flemish painter notable for his portraits
of nobility and wealthy merchants.
… a formal and rigid portrait
Pieter Jansz. Pourbus
Portrait of an Unknown Lady, holding a
pomander on a Gold Chain
Portrait d'une femme portant un
pomander au bout d'une chaîne en or
v. 1560
Weiss Gallery, London
11.
12.
13. elegantly dressed and decorously posed
Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Barthel Bruyn le Vieux
Portrait of a Lady with a flower
Portrait d’une dame avec une fleur
-
Private collection
14.
15.
16. a mass of jewellery, pearls and embroideries …
English School, École anglaise
Queen Elizabeth I. holding a pomander
Reine Elizabeth I. tenant un pomander
1580-1585
Private Collection
17.
18.
19. coat of arms, heavy clothes and pomander
Frans Pourbus the Younger, Frans Pourbus le Jeune
Portrait of Marie de Huelstre, wife of Willem van Vyve
Portrait de Marie de Huelstre, épouse de Willem van
Vyve
1591
Museum Snijders & Rockoxhuis, Antwerpen
20.
21.
22. heavy gold chains, ornate gold girdle and
a jeweled pomander suggests
considerable wealth
Anonymous French artist, Artiste français
anonyme
Portrait of an unknown French
Noblewoman
Portrait d'une noble française inconnue
1560
Hallwylska museet, Stockholm
23.
24.
25.
26. a black robe, a book
and
a pomander
Pieter Jansz. Pourbus
Portrait of Anna van Renoy holding a book and
a pomander
Portrait d’Anna van Renoy tenant un livre et un
pomander
1575
Private collection
27.
28.
29. a member of a prominent family of merchants
in Cologne, the Slosgins
Barthel Bruyn the Younger, Barthel Bruyn le Jeune
Portrait of a Woman of the Slosgin Family of Cologne
Portrait d’une femme de la famille Slosgin de Cologne
1557
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
30.
31.
32.
33. elected Burgomaster of Alkmaar wearing a black
fur-trimmed coat and holding a pomander
Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (atelier)
Portret van Jan Gerritsz van Egmond van de Nijenburg
Portrait de Jan Gerritz van Egmond van de Nijenborgh
1518
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
34.
35.
36.
37.
38. rosary with pomander
Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Barthel Bruyn le Vieux
Portrait of Gerhard Pilgrum
Portrait de Gerhard Pilgrum
1528
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation
Corboud, Cologne
39.
40.
41. the Duke of Bavaria as a devout and pious man
holds in his hands a rosary with pomander
Barthel Beham
Portrait of Albert IV., duke of Bavaria
Duc Albert IV de Bavière
1535
Staatsgalerie Neuburg, Neuburg
42.
43.
44. a ring with a coat-of-arms of the Weinsberg family
and
a delicately pierced pomander
Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Barthel Bruyn le Vieux
Portrait of a Man from the Weinsberg Family
Portrait d'un homme de la famille Weinsberg
1538-1539
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
45.
46.
47.
48. a rosary with a pomander
Conrad Faber von Creuznach, Conrad Faber
dit Conrad von Creuznach, copy after
Heinrich von Rhein
Portrait de Heinrich vom Rhein
late 1520s
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
49.
50.
51.
52.
53. a long silk dress and musk apple
Tiziano Vecelli, Titien
Portrait of Clarissa Strozzi
Portrait de Clarissa Strozzi
1542
Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen,
Berlin
54.
55.
56.
57. allegory of the sense of smell …
jasmine blossoms, ginger roots,
roses, tulips
and
a necklace of tiny pomanders
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, follower of
The Sense of Smell
L’Odorat
Southampton City Art Gallery,
Southampton
58.
59.
60. vanitas and musk apple …
Pieter Claesz
Still life with nautilus cup and musk
apple on golden chain
Vanité avec coupe marine et pomme
d'ambre au bout d'une chaîne en or
1636
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur,
Münster
64. a women's fashion accessory popular in the later 15th and 16th centuries …
65. beautiful, fashionable, intelligent,
well-educated, a lover of the arts
with a fashion accessory, the zibellino
Alessandro Allori
Isabella di Cosimo I de' Medici
1550-1555
Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti,
Florence
66.
67.
68.
69. a boring pet dog
and
a zibellino, marta’s sking and the animal head
in gold with pearls and rubies
Tiziano Vecelli, Titien
Portrait of Eleonora Gonzaga
Portrait d'Eleonora Gonzaga della Rovere
c. 1538
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
70.
71.
72.
73. the sable with the head of gold …
El Parmigianino, Le Parmesan
Camilla Gonzaga, Countess of San Secondo,
and her Sons
Portrait de Camilla Gonzaga et ses trois
enfants
1535
Museo del Prado, Madrid
74.
75.
76. diamond-studded martens’ head, ruby eyes
and gold claws
Juan Pantoja de la Cruz
Queen Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II
Isabelle de Valois, reine d'Espagne, troisième
épouse de Philippe II
1605
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
77.
78.
79. olga_oes
apple of amber
zibellino
An unusual jewel in painting
pomme d'ambre
fourrure-bijou
Un bijou insolite dans la peinture
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80. A pomander, from French pomme d'ambre, i.e., apple of amber, is a ball made for perfumes, such as ambergris
(hence the name), musk, or civet.
The pomander was worn or carried in a vase, also known by the same name, as a protection against infection
in times of pestilence or merely as a useful article to modify bad smells. The globular cases which contained
the pomanders were hung from a neck-chain or belt, or attached to the girdle, and were usually perforated in a
variety of openwork techniques, and made of gold or silver.
The term "pomander" can refer to the scented material itself or to the container that contains such material.
The container could be made of gold or silver and eventually evolved to be shaped like nuts, skulls, hearts,
books and ships. Smaller versions were made to be attached by a chain to a finger ring and held in the hand.
Even smaller versions served as cape buttons or rosary beads.
Medieval pomander paste formulas usually contained ambergris. From this came "pomme ambre" (amber
apple) and from there the word pomander was developed.
81. A zibellino, zibellini (pl.) were full-body pelts worn as a fashion accessory by stylish ladies in the 1500s.
They used sable or marten pelts most often, but ermine, mink, and even lynx were also used.
Zibellini frequently had gold or silver heads and feet. Regardless of the material used, they were usually
encrusted with jewels, gilding, and sometimes enamelwork.
Zibellini are sometimes referred to as "flea furs" on the mistaken assumption that ladies wore these furs to
attract the fleas away from themselves and onto the furs. This is a myth: why would a flea want to leave a nice,
warm, food-filled body for an empty pelt? No, zibellini were worn for high fashion, not personal hygiene.
The fashion for carrying zibellini died out in the first years of the 17th century.