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Snuff Box (Tabatière) with Portrait of Marie Antoinette

1768
(French)
(French, 1751–1831)
France, 18th century
watercolor on ivory in a gold and enamel box
Image: 3.4 x 2.9 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.); Overall: 3.9 x 6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene 1957.408
Location: not on view
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Marie Antoinette, queen consort of French King Louis XVI and great patron of the decorative arts, was executed in 1793 at the end of the French Revolution.

Description

This box was created through the collaboration of two skilled and well-known artisans of the period, master goldsmith Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu and celebrated miniature painter François Dumont. The portrait of Marie Antoinette on the box's lid is painted in Dumont’s own style while those on the sides and bottom of the box take inspiration from the work of painter François Boucher, known for his pastoral scenes in the Rococo style.
Snuff Box (Tabatière) with Portrait of Marie Antoinette

Snuff Box (Tabatière) with Portrait of Marie Antoinette

1768

Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu, François Dumont

(French), (French, 1751–1831)
France, 18th century

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