Snuffbox with portrait of a man, probably Prinz Karl von Sachsen (1733–1796)
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Jean-Joseph Barrière|Anton Graff
Artist bio: French, apprenticed 1750, master 1763, active 1793|Swiss, Winterthur 1736–1813 Dresden
Artist role: Maker|Artist
Artist nationality: French|Swiss
Date: 1778–79
Medium: Gold, enamel, ivory, glass
Dimensions: Box: 2 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (6 × 8.6 cm); Miniature: 1 7/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3.7 × 3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Men|Portraits