Snuffbox with a Portrait of Madame de Pompadour
Also known as: Snuffbox with a Portrait of Madame de Pompadour
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1760
Original portrait of Madame de Pompadour executed by François Boucher, 1756. Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek Munich, inventory number HUW 18.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17143; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 3.7 cm x width 7.1 cm x depth 5.2 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Measurements
- height 3.7 cm x width 7.1 cm x depth 5.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.7 cm x width 7.1 cm x depth 5.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos met portret van Madame de Pompadour
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17143
- Museum classification
- snuffbox · box
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
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