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Gold snuffbox, rectangular and decorated on all sides with landscape paintings behind glass

Also known as: Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig en op alle zijden versierd met landschapsschilderingen achter glas

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1753

Signature and date, lower right on the miniature on the bottom, painted: ‘v Blarenberghe [1]753’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17150; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), gouache (paint), glass; measurements height 4.2 cm x width 7.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm x weight 207 g.

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.

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Physical characteristics

Material
gold (metal), gouache (paint), glass
Measurements
height 4.2 cm x width 7.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm x weight 207 g
Dimensions museum
height 4.2 cm x width 7.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm x weight 207 g

Identification

Original title
Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig en op alle zijden versierd met landschapsschilderingen achter glas
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
BK-17150
Museum classification
snuffbox

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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