Damiani Announces ARTE MAESTRA High Jewelry Collection

Born from the rare fusion of exceptional talent and sublime craftsmanship, 'Arte Maestra' is the alchemy that elevates ideas into masterpieces of high jewelry.

Each piece in the collection is created through a unique interpretation. Its source is the invisible, powerful creative energy that drove the great artists who left their mark on history to transform intuition into form and create masterpieces of eternal beauty. The creative process, passed from artist to artisan, is supported by knowledge, savoir-faire, and unwavering dedication. Thus, jewelry is born as the embodiment of an idea, with every detail meticulously refined to achieve perfect harmony of light, form, and movement.

This collection is inspired by a deep exploration of the elements that characterize eight artistic masterpieces: the captivating allure of Caravaggio's 'Medusa'¹, the joyful awakening of nature in Botticelli's 'Primavera'¹, the primordial power of Katsushika Hokusai's 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'², the meditative stillness of Jeong Seon's 'Cat on an Autumn Day'³, the rigorous yet rich expressiveness of Wassily Kandinsky's 'Gray Form'⁴, the intoxicating longing of Gustav Klimt's 'The Kiss'⁵, the infinite light of Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies'⁶, and the textured, vibrant vitality of Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'⁴.

In its pursuit of a balance between creativity and technical excellence, 'Arte Maestra' reinterprets the genius inherent in the great works that adorn art history through Damiani's own exceptional skill and sensibility. It is also a testament to a tradition of over 100 years, cultivated through passion, craftsmanship, and the pursuit of beauty.

¹ Reproduced with permission: Italian Ministry of Culture, Florence, Uffizi Gallery ² Collection: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art ³ Seoul, ⓒ Kansong Art and Culture Foundation ⁴ Collection: Munich, Bavarian State Painting Collections ⁵ Collection: Vienna, Belvedere Palace, Austrian Gallery ⁶ Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

FLORÉA

Floréa is a high jewelry masterpiece that sublimates the symbolic richness and poetic beauty of 'Primavera' into the form of precious stones. It was created as a tribute to this renowned work, the source of its inspiration.

Just as the floral crown held by Flora, the Roman goddess of spring, blooms in full glory, every element of the jewelry rises, as if blossoming, from a magnificent emerald meadow shimmering in two different tones. The eye is drawn to delicate daisy motifs crafted in white gold and diamonds, which engage in a constant dialogue with a variety of flowers meticulously shaped in white, yellow, and pink gold, alongside multi-colored sapphires and vivid rubies.

The result is a masterpiece of perfect harmony reminiscent of Botticelli's art, elevating the ephemeral beauty of nature into something eternal.

White gold, yellow gold, pink gold, 1,058 emeralds totaling 65.64 carats, 93 yellow, blue, and pink sapphires totaling 25.53 carats, 32 rubies totaling 9.79 carats, 386 diamonds totaling 2.93 carats.

Painted in tempera around 1482, 'Primavera' is one of the most famous masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance. The work allegorically depicts the rebirth of nature and the triumph of love through classical mythology, showing figures such as Flora, the Three Graces, and Venus dancing gracefully against a backdrop of a flower-covered meadow and orange and laurel trees.

It clearly demonstrates the exploration of ideal beauty and harmony that is the essence of Botticelli's art, distinguished by fluid, supple figure drawing and exceptional draftsmanship evident in the meticulous depiction of countless plants and flowers.

*Reproduced with permission: Italian Ministry of Culture, Florence, Uffizi Gallery

MALÌA

Inspired by 'Medusa', Malìa is a high jewelry necklace where tension, dynamism, and mystery are sublimated into a new form. This necklace reinterprets the painting's most iconic elements—the intertwined serpent motifs and the intense expression of the Gorgon's gaze—through sculptural form, creating a captivating shape. It possesses a presence that exists in the space between allure and unease.

The necklace intricately constructs fluid, serpentine forms sculpted in pink gold, delicately adorned with alexandrite, black diamonds, and brown diamonds. Furthermore, each serpent's head is highlighted by a pear-shaped ruby. At the center is a Burmese pigeon's blood ruby weighing over 6 carats, whose vivid red color commands overwhelming presence.

Malìa is a true jewelry art piece harboring irresistible allure, and its charm is further amplified by the dialogue between alexandrite and ruby. Their ever-changing reflections evoke the dramatic contrasts of Caravaggio's chiaroscuro.

Pink gold, ruby (6.11 carats), 13 rubies totaling 29.032 carats, 624 alexandrites totaling 36 carats, 283 black diamonds totaling 10.98 carats, 946 brown diamonds totaling 45.46 carats.

Commissioned by Cardinal del Monte for the Medici family around 1598, this work depicts the very moment the mythological monster Gorgon Medusa, with snakes for hair and a gaze that turns people to stone, is beheaded by Perseus.

Caravaggio painted this image in oil on canvas mounted on a convex ceremonial shield, elevating classical mythology into sublime Baroque art through the dramatic and realistic expression of Medusa's face.

*Reproduced with permission: Italian Ministry of Culture, Florence, Uffizi Gallery

EN-PLEIN-AIR

En-Plein-Air is a work that sublimates into high jewelry the light, reflections, and atmospheric shifts captured by the French master Claude Monet in his famous 'Water Lilies' series.

This magnificent necklace, crafted in white gold, evokes a tranquil, silent water scene, with water lily leaves and flowers floating lightly in perfect harmony. At its center is a Colombian emerald weighing over 10 carats, its vivid green glowing as if symbolizing the depths of the water. Around it, water lily flowers are delicately intertwined, with brilliant-cut diamonds and a variety of sapphires and diamonds arranged as if floating in space.

En-Plein-Air captivates the eye with its rich color harmony, celebrating the ever-changing beauty of nature.

White gold, emerald (10.23 carats), blue-green