Snuffbox with portrait of Louis XVI (1754–1793), King of France
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Swiss, possibly Vevey
Artist: Louis Marie Sicardi|P.M.C.
Artist bio: French, Avignon 1743–1825 Paris| 
Artist role: Artist|Maker
Artist nationality: French| 
Date: ca. 1790
Medium: Gold, enamel; ivory
Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 2 7/16 in. (8.6 x 6.2cm); Miniature: oval, 1 1/4 x 1 in. (33 x 27 mm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Kings|Portraits