[Caitlin]

Second, this is the third picure I found. I put it up because the view is very similar to the one iin the first portrait of Queen Mary.

[Caitlin]

This is another Portrait of Queen Mary wearing La Peregrina by Hans Ewerth

[knotty panda]

Actually this is the view I like, full-faced. Hangs perfectly on her, doesn't it.

Anyway, think Cartier bleached it when it was mounted?

[Caitlin]

Here is some fun information on La Peregrina's misadventures
From the Robb Luxury Report

From the Editors: Tales of Two Pearls
Brett Anderson
11/03/2003

More certain and more celebrated is the career of another remarkable pearl, one frequently confused with the Youssoupov jewel: La Peregrina, or "The Wanderer." Like Princess Zenaïde’s treasure, this 204-grain stone was discovered in Panama—but 100 years earlier; and like La Pelegrina, it was gifted to a bride named Mary by a Spanish king named Philip. Wedded to Philip II in 1554, Mary Tudor wore the pearl until her death four years later, at which time it was returned to Spain. After Napoléon Bonaparte’s conquest of that country and the ascent of his brother, Joseph, to the Spanish throne, the pearl became the property of Joseph’s nephew, Louis-Napoléon, who, during his English exile, sold it to the Duke of Abercorn. The Wanderer is aptly named, as it often fell from its setting due to its weight—once to be found tucked into a sofa cushion and, on a later occasion at Buckingham Palace, caught in a lady’s train.

The pearl has wandered from its current owner, as well—not, however, at Buckingham Palace, but at Caesars. Purchased for her by Richard Burton in 1969, the pearl nearly slipped from Elizabeth Taylor’s clutches in their Las Vegas suite. The actress later recounted how, anxious to conceal the disappearance from her husband, she sauntered around the living room feeling for the gem in the carpet with her toes, when she noticed one of the couple’s puppies chewing vigorously. Prying open the enthusiastic puppy’s mouth, she found "the most perfect pearl in the world" nestled, undamaged, on the animal’s tongue. Fortunately, the actress—unlike Louis XVI’s consort—had kept her head.

[Caitlin]

Here is another great picture of La Perrgrina in a different setting.

[Caitlin]

Now why would the Smithsonian display a pearl attributing it to Queen Mary if it were not so? Knotty Panda
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There is no doubt whatsoever that Phillip II gave La Peregrina to his bride, Mary Tudor.

What was questioned was the difference in appearance between modern photos and the von Doshorst(sp?)portrait.

By doing a little - what did you once call it- tertiary research? - on the web, a surprising number of photos of the pearl have already collected on this forum.

[Valeria101]

Originally Posted by Caitlin Williams

Look what I found: Queen Isabella and La Peregrina in 3 different views.

Good catch!

It should be interesting to figure out all portraits of this pearl, likely to be based on sittings (rather then copies, versions etc.).

Found a better version of the one of Queen Mary I by Hans Eworth: it shows the same jewel with ... an elongated drop pearl: LINK

The British National Portrait Gallery may hold more such things. I haven' went very systematically about this... yet.