Portrait of Zinaida Yusupova wearing La Pelegrina pearl. Public domain image (detail) The world’s most famous 16th century pearls are La Peregrina and La Pelegrina. Both pearls were found in the Gulf of Panama and then sent to Spain, where they became crown jewels for the Spanish royal family. The smaller of the two pearls, La Pelegrina, ended up in the French royal family and was later spotted in the outfits of the Russian aristocratic Yusupov family in 1820. If you want to
