{ "title": "Exhibition at DIVA museum reveals the intimate world behind the jewellery of the first Belgian queen ", "modified_at": "2026-10-23 11:02:44", "published_at": "2026-10-23 11:03:00", "url": "https://pers.divaantwerp.be/exhibition-at-diva-museum-reveals-the-intimate-world-behind-the-jewellery-of-the-first-belgian-queen", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/tEne", "culture": "en_BE", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "From 9 October 2026 to 11 April 2027 ", "slug": "exhibition-at-diva-museum-reveals-the-intimate-world-behind-the-jewellery-of-the-first-belgian-queen", "body": "

From 9 October, artist Charlotte Vanhoubroeck brings the lost jewellery of the first Belgian queen back to life. The exhibition Inspired by Queen Louise-Marie. Jewellery by Charlotte Vanhoubroeck presents contemporary creations that cast a new light on the inner world of Louise-Marie of Orléans (1812-1850).

The Belgian queen Louise-Marie owned around a hundred sentimental jewels. Not ordinary pieces, but jewels with miniature portraits, locks of hair, inscriptions and symbolic motifs. This was her way of keeping the memory of loved ones close to her. They show how the queen remembered her dead son. They speak of the uncertain love between her and King Leopold I. They even reveal who her best friend was. Almost none of her jewellery survived, only their descriptions in an inventory.

The exhibition at the DIVA museum shows the original inventory, put together shortly after Louise-Marie’s death. All her personal belongings are carefully numbered, described and valued. Her jewellery has its place there as well: mainly gold brooches, rings, bracelets and earrings with gemstones.

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\n Jewellery artist and art historian Charlotte Vanhoubroeck makes new jewellery for Louise-Marie of Orl\u00e9ans, the first Belgian queen. Almost none of her jewellery survives, only descriptions in an inventory. Not copies, but contemporary creations that bring the emotional world of a forgotten woman back to life.
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Image on top: Charlotte Vanhoubroeck - Foto Simon Debbaut-L'Ecluse

You can download more images here:

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\n\n \n Mediagalerij: Inspired by Queen Louise-Marie. Juwelen door Charlotte Vanhoubroeck \n \n
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\n \n \n \n DIVA, museum voor juwelen, zilver en diamant \n
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For more information you can contact us:

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\n Nadia De Vree\n Perscommunicatie DIVA\n \n
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