Snuffbox with a portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court
Also known as: Snuffbox with a Portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1773 - c. 1774
Oval snuffbox in four-colour gold. On the lid, a painted portrait of a lady in an oval medallion under glass. Chased Louis XVI ornament. Miniature portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court (1753–1814), wife of Jacob Hendrik de Ridder.
Bust, eyes turned slightly to the right. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-5885; its record gives material recorded as ivory, gold (metal), glass; measurements height 3.6 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 6 cm x height 4.2 cm x height 10.2 cm x width 9.8 cm x depth 7.7 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- ivory, gold (metal), glass
- Measurements
- height 3.6 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 6 cm x height 4.2 cm x height 10.2 cm x width 9.8 cm x depth 7.7 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.6 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 6 cm x height 4.2 cm x height 10.2 cm x width 9.8 cm x depth 7.7 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos met het portret van Elisabeth Jacoba de Court
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-5885
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
Catalogue references
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