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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
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Location
Not on view
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An oval watercolor on ivory, mounted on a round box, depicts a woman with light skin tone turning her head right to look at us. She wears a pearl earring and necklace, her dark hair parted in the center. The box features vertical stripes of dark brown and red-brown separated by thin gold bands. A gold border with a circular motif frames the portrait, which is set into the striped lid.

Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman

1805

Jean-Urbain Guérin

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

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