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Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Lady

1803

Pierre Louis Bouvier

(Swiss, 1765–1836)
Culture
Switzerland
Medium
watercolor on ivory; tortoise-shell lining; gilt metal rings
Measurements
Diameter: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); Box: 7.8 x 2.6 cm (3 1/16 x 1 in.); Diameter of frame: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.285
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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A watercolor on ivory portrait miniature depicts a woman from the chest up, set into a circular snuff box. Angled toward our right, her dark eyes look toward us. She has a light skin tone and dark curly hair under a lacy veil. She wears a white dress and orange-brown shawl against a wooded landscape with a stream. The tortoise-shell box features dark brown sides and gold-colored rings.

Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Lady

1803

Pierre Louis Bouvier

(Swiss, 1765–1836)
Switzerland

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