Pearls are considered the epitome of sensuality, luxury, and elegance. They have been used to squander fortunes, decide fates, win hearts, and pay tribute to beauty. Pearls have always had a particularly enchanting effect on the female world. Over the centuries, women and pearls have repeatedly been captured in paintings and photographs by artists and photographers. This volume showcases both famous and lesser-known paintings and photographs of princesses, queens, and ladies of high society, as well as great film divas like Audrey Hepburn and fashion icons like Coco Chanel, along with other unforgettable women such as Jacqueline Kennedy and Maria Callas. Women and pearls - the story of a passion. Fully illustrated in four colors with paintings by Botticelli, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Paula Modersohn-Becker, and many others. Featuring photographs of Daisy von Pless, Josephine Baker, and Louise Brooks.