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Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene
snuff boxes
Snuff Box (Tabatière) (Cleveland Museum of Art 1958.125)
1756–57
The miniature paintings that decorated snuff boxes were depicted in intricate detail requiring complex technical skill. This box’s miniatures are painted with enamel en plein, meaning the enamel has been applied directly to the metal of the box. A different enameling technique, basse-taille, is used to depict the do…
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene
snuff boxes
Snuff Box (Tabatière) (Cleveland Museum of Art 1958.126)
1761–62
The pastoral scenes that decorate this box are typical of the style of François Boucher, a celebrated painter of the period whose works were popularly reproduced on decorative arts. Snuff boxes, used practically as containers for powdered tobacco, were often decorated with miniature reproductions of notable works. T…
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