Snuffbox with six allegories of love
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Jacques Joseph de Gault 
Artist bio: French, 1738–after 1812
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1775–76
Medium: Gold, enamel; grisaille en camaïeu on ivory
Dimensions: box: 2-15/16 x 2-1/4 in.  (7.5 x 5.7 cm); miniatures: top, oval, 1 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (28 x 43 mm); bottom, oval, 1 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (28 x 43 mm); front 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (11 x 30 mm); back 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (11 x 30 mm); left side 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (11 x 30 mm); right side 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (11 x 30 mm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Infants|Women|Trees