Snuffbox with portrait of a woman
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Nicolas Marguerit|Johann Heinrich Hurter
Artist bio: master 1763, active1790|Swiss, Schaffhausen 1734–1799 Düsseldorf
Artist role: Maker|Artist
Artist nationality:  |Swiss
Date: 1775–76
Medium: Gold, enamel
Dimensions: box: 1 × 2 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (2.5 × 7 × 4.1 cm);
miniature (oval): 1 1/8 × 1 in. (2.9 × 2.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932
Accession year: 1932
Tags: Portraits|Women