![The Queen of the Belgians and the Queen of the Netherlands are pictured during a visit to Antwerp City Hall on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (PHILIP REYNAERS/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel01.jpg?resize=1200%2C773&ssl=1)
The glittering Dutch state visit to Belgium wrapped up on Thursday with even more engagements in Antwerp and Leuven—and a royal jewelry surprise!
![The King and Queen of the Netherlands and the King and Queen of the Belgians, with Mayor Bart De Wever and Provincial Governor Cathy Berx, are pictured during a visit to Antwerp City Hall on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel02.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands headed to Antwerp with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians on Thursday. They were received at Antwerp’s City Hall by the city’s mayor, Bart De Wever, and provincial governor Cathy Berx.
![The Queen of the Belgians, the Queen of the Netherlands, the King of the Netherlands, the King of the Belgians, and Mayor Bart De Wever are pictured during a visit to Antwerp City Hall on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (PHILIP REYNAERS/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel03.jpg?resize=1200%2C750&ssl=1)
The royals signed a guest book during their stop at city hall.
![The Queen of the Belgians, the King of the Netherlands, the King of the Belgians, and the Queen of the Netherlands pose with Jean Fouquet's Madonna and Child at the the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (BENOIT DOPPAGNE/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel05.jpg?resize=1200%2C941&ssl=1)
They also made a stop at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where they were photographed with one of the most famous paintings on display at the museum: Jean Fouquet’s Madonna and Child Surrounded by Angels, part of the Melun Diptych that dates to 1452.
![The Queen of the Netherlands is pictured during a visit to Antwerp City Hall on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel06.jpg?resize=1200%2C2334&ssl=1)
For the final day of this Belgian state visit, Queen Máxima wore patriotic Belgian red.
![The Queen of the Netherlands is pictured during a visit to Antwerp City Hall on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (PHILIP REYNAERS/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1444&ssl=1)
Her eye-catching earrings, diamond floral designs with ruby centers, come from her personal jewelry collection. They can also be worn with a third pendant section.
![The Queen of the Netherlands is pictured during a visit to Antwerp City Hall on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1379&ssl=1)
The earrings are frequently-seen pieces, but the brooch—that was a surprise! On her dress, Máxima pinned a special heirloom brooch that hasn’t been seen in public in more than a decade. The brooch, a floral piece set with diamonds, opals, and a single ruby, dates to the end of the nineteenth century.
![Queen Juliana of the Netherlands delivers her speech from the throne on Prinsjesdag in The Hague, November 1975 (Bert Verhoeff/Anefo/Nationaal Archief/Wikimedia Commons)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel11.jpg?resize=852%2C1332&ssl=1)
The brooch was made by Schurmann for King Willem-Alexander’s great-great-grandmother, Queen Emma of the Netherlands. The person who particularly loved wearing the brooch was his grandmother, Queen Juliana. She especially favored the brooch near the end of her reign, wearing it often in the 1970s. Above, she wears it with pearls on Prinsjesdag in 1975.
![Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands visits the Istana Palace during her two-day visit to Brunei, January 21, 2013 (Patrick van Katwijk/DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel12.jpg?resize=1200%2C1825&ssl=1)
Princess Beatrix has worn the opal brooch precisely once. She brought it with her on a state visit to Brunei in January 2013, just before she announced her upcoming abdication.
![The Queen of the Netherlands is pictured during a visit Imec in Leuven on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel08.jpg?resize=1200%2C1701&ssl=1)
Now, more than ten years later, Queen Máxima has also made her debut in the opal flower brooch. Like the royal ladies before her, she chose to wear the brooch with red clothing, emphasizing that little ruby in the center of the piece.
![The Queen of the Netherlands is pictured during a visit to Antwerp City Hall on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (PHILIP REYNAERS/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel10.jpg?resize=1200%2C1827&ssl=1)
Máxima finished off her look with bracelets on both arms (her ruby and diamond tennis bracelet and her diamond wedding bracelet on her right arm, and her geometric diamond bracelet on her left) and rings on both hands (her ruby and diamond ring on her right hand and her engagement and wedding rings on her left). The small round purple pin on her dress is the miniature ribbon of the Order of Leopold.
![The Queen of the Belgians and the Queen of the Netherlands are pictured during a visit to Antwerp City Hall on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (PHILIP REYNAERS/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel13.jpg?resize=1200%2C1689&ssl=1)
Queen Mathilde, also ended the visit with a sartorial nod to her Dutch counterparts, wearing shades of orange.
![The Queen of the Belgians is pictured during a visit Imec in Leuven on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel14.jpg?resize=1200%2C1888&ssl=1)
With the orange, red, gold, and blue outfit, Mathilde wore earrings set with honey-colored gemstones.
![The Queen of the Belgians is pictured during a visit Imec in Leuven on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel15.jpg?resize=1200%2C1754&ssl=1)
She also wore her usual bracelets on her left wrist and her blue gemstone cluster ring on her left hand.
![The King and Queen of the Netherlands and the King and Queen of the Belgians say their goodbyes during the farewell ceremony at the cruise terminal of the Port of Antwerp, on the third and final day of the official state visit of the Dutch royal couple to Belgium, June 22, 2023 (NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-01-nedbel16.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
And then, the couples said their farewells. That’s a wrap on this royal-royal state visit! Which jewels from the program were your favorites?
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