Snuffbox
Jacopo Amigoni
ca. 1760–1800
Medium
Enameled copper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/8 × 2 7/16 × 1 7/8 in. (3.5 × 6.2 × 4.8 cm)
Classification
Enamels-Painted
Culture
British, Staffordshire
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.190.1066
Tags
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About the Artist
Jacopo Amigoni
A pioneer of the Venetian Rococo, Amigoni's oeuvre consists of decorative frescoes for churches and palaces, history and mythological paintings, and a few etchings. Comment on works: Religious; Mythology; Portraits