Cover for a Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman, France, 19th century, 1805
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1805
Cover for a Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman, France, 19th century, 1805 is an object recorded by Cleveland Museum of Art, dated 1805. The museum record gives material recorded as watercolor on ivory mounted on a box; measurements Box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.); place associated: France, 19th century; maker recorded: Jean-Urbain Guérin (French, 1760–1836). These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- watercolor on ivory mounted on a box
- Dimensions
- Box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Portrait Miniature
- Maker recorded
- Jean-Urbain Guérin (French, 1760–1836)
- Place recorded
- France, 19th century
Identification
- Museum attribution
- France, 19th century
- Museum object name
- Cover for a Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman
- Museum object number
- 2008.293.b
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.