Snuffbox of gold, painted with miniature portraits of the Bourbons
Also known as: Snuifdoos van goud, beschilderd met miniatuurportretten van de Bourbons
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1815 - c. 1830
Rectangular box of gold. All sides are covered with miniature portraits of the Bourbons. On the lid Marie-Antoinette with her children next to a bust of Louis XVI.
On the bottom the brother and sister of Louis XVI. On the front Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Spain. On the back Henry IV and Marie de' Medici. On the left side Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. On the right side Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17159; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), glass; technique painting technique; measurements height 4.5 cm x width 8.8 cm x depth 4.5 cm x weight 259.6 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), glass
- Technique
- painting technique
- Measurements
- height 4.5 cm x width 8.8 cm x depth 4.5 cm x weight 259.6 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 4.5 cm x width 8.8 cm x depth 4.5 cm x weight 259.6 g
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos van goud, beschilderd met miniatuurportretten van de Bourbons
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17159
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
Catalogue references
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