Box with portrait of a woman
Object type: Box, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
Artist bio: French, Saint-Dié 1759–1832 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1775–81
Medium: Tortoiseshell, gold; ivory
Dimensions: box: 1 1/16 × 3 in. (2.7 × 7.6 cm);
miniature (oval): 2 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (5.7 × 5.4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Portraits|Women