At the center of this transformable jewel is a 17th Century Spanish oil-on-copper miniature of the Virgin of the Annunciation. Shown in quiet, upward contemplation, the Virgin’s luminous face is framed by a radiant gold halo, while her blue mantle and red robe recall the saturated color and tender spirituality of Spanish Baroque devotional painting. The image is likely inspired by the far earlier miraculous Annunciation venerated at Florence’s Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, a Marian prototype that shaped devotional imagery across Europe.

Set beneath a protective rock-crystal cover and framed in 18k yellow gold, the miniature is transformed into a jewel of color and movement. An 8.35ct pink tourmaline cabochon anchors the composition below the painting, joined by a 4.00ct GIA-certified kite-shaped blue sapphire, trillion-cut diamonds, and articulated pear-shaped peach garnets. The original copper reverse is intentionally left exposed; a single-cut diamond is set within the removable bail.

The jewel converts from pendant to brooch. When worn as a necklace, it is suspended from a nineteenth-century Victorian gold chain; when worn as a brooch, the bail removes from the reverse pin fitting. The resulting composition joins an intimate historic devotional image with antique gold and a contemporary, gem-set design that celebrates the momentous occasion where Archangel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will birth the son of God.

• Painting: Virgin of the Annunciation, Spanish, 17th century; oil on copper

• Gemstones: 4.00ct kite-shaped sapphire (GIA); 8.35-carat pink tourmaline cabochon; 1.11 total ct peach garnets (pear-shaped); 0.60 total ct diamonds (trillion-cut)

• Diamonds: 0.60 total carats, trillion-cut, plus one single-cut diamond set in the bail

• Museum examples: Museo del Prado, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Louvre