What jewels were stolen from the Louvre?

What jewels were stolen from the Louvre?

The Louvre Museum in France, the largest and most visited museum in the world, was robbed at 9:30 a.m. local time yesterday. The robbery, which took place so quickly, according to the French Minister of Culture, 4 minutes, and according to the French Minister of the Interior, 7 minutes, shocked France by the type of operation and the importance and value of the items stolen.

The Louvre Museum announced in a report the details of the stolen objects, which belonged to Napoleon and his wife, Queen Eugenie:

First, there is the collection of Sri Lankan sapphires, diamonds, and gold belonging to Queen Marie Amélie and Queen Hortensia. The collection includes a crown, a necklace, and a pair of earrings. Louis Philippe, King of France from 1830 to 1848, intended the collection for his wife. He acquired it in 1821, when he was still the Duke of Orleans. The entire collection has been restored and reassembled, at least in part.

Marie Amelie wears this collection in her portrait, painted in 1836, complete with two small brooches and one large brooch.

The sapphires are surrounded by diamonds set in gold frames. The commissioner and creator (or creators, given the successive additions and alterations) of this collection are unknown, but it is an important landmark of Parisian jewelry. The collection was purchased by the French government from the Orléans family in 1985.

Emerald Service
The Emerald Service of Marie Louise, second wife of Napoleon I. The service consists of a necklace and a pair of earrings, decorated with 38 emeralds, including 10 pear-shaped emeralds, 1,146 diamonds, gold and silver. Originally, there was also a crown and a comb, all presented to Marie Louise of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Austria, on the occasion of her marriage in 1810.