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Cover for a Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman

1805

Jean-Urbain Guérin

(French, 1760–1836)
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Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
watercolor on ivory mounted on a box
Measurements
Box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.293.b
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A watercolor miniature on ivory set into a circular snuff box lid depicts a woman with light skin tone, shoulders turned toward our right but looking at us with blue eyes. She wears a white, off-the-shoulder dress, a pearl necklace, and a pearl earring. Her brown hair is parted and pulled back. The oval portrait sits within a gold beaded frame against red and black stripes, enclosed by an outer gold border.

Cover for a Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman

1805

Jean-Urbain Guérin

(French, 1760–1836)
France, 19th century

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