Snuffbox with household scenes
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Jean-Joseph Barrière
Artist bio: French, apprenticed 1750, master 1763, active 1793
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1769–70
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: 3 × 2 7/16 in. (7.6 × 6.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Children|Men|Women|Genre Scene