Snuffbox with portrait of a member of the French royal family, probably a daughter of Louis XV

Medium

Gold, enamel, gouache on cloth, glass

Dimensions

Box: 1 3/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (3 × 8.3 × 6.4 cm); Miniature (oval): 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (3.8 × 2.9 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948

Accession Number

48.187.454

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