The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Snuff Box (Tabatière) with Portrait of Marie-Thérèse of Austria
miniature, c. 1676; box, 1775–76
miniature painted by
(Swiss, 1607–1691)
box by
(French)
Overall: 2.3 x 4.5 cm (7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene 1957.405
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
This box resulted from the combined efforts of the popular portrait painter who served the court of French King Louis XIV, Jean Petitot, and master goldsmith Charles Le Bastier.Description
In 18th-century France, ornately enameled boxes that held snuff—powdered tobacco—became a popular accessory in the French court. This box is decorated with a miniature portrait of Marie-Thérèse of Austria, the queen consort of French King Louis XIV. Their union was largely political. A year into their marriage Louis XIV took an official mistress, Madame Pompadour.- Mrs. Edward B. Greene, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), July 23, 2013 - May 20, 2014.Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).
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