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Collection Online as of August 10, 2022

Snuff Box (Tabatière) with Portrait of Marie Antoinette

1768

box by

Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu

(French)

painter

François Dumont

(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

Inscriptions

Inscription

[Maker's mark of Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu, master goldsmith in 1768, inside cover]

Inscription

[Charge mark of Jean-Jacques Prévot, 1762-1768, inside cover]

Inscription

[Warden's mark of Paris, 1768-1769, inside cover]

Inscription

[Discharge mark of Julien Alaterre, Paris, 1768-1774, on neck at right]

Inscription

[Inside box, the letter]: "F"

Inscription

[On bezel at left, engraved number]: "627"

Inscription

[On front of bezel, engraved signature]: "Ve Georges Beaulieu à Paris"

Inscription

[On right of miniature portrait, the letter]: "D"

Provenance
Mrs. Edward B. Greene, Cleveland, Ohio.
Exhibition history

Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1957.408