Snuffbox with six scenes of country pastimes
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe|Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe|Pierre François Drais
Artist bio: French, Lille 1716–1794 Fontainebleau|French, Lille 1750–1826 Lille|French, 1726–ca. 1788
Artist role: Artist|Artist|Maker
Artist nationality: French|French|French
Date: 1774–75
Medium: Gold, glass; miniatures: gouache on vellum
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 1 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (3.5 x 8.5 x 6.4 cm); Miniaitures: Top, oval, 2 1/8 x 3 in. (53 x 74 mm); bottom, oval, 2 1/8 x 3 in. (53 x 74 mm); front 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); back 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); left side 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm); right side 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (21 x 48 mm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Men|Women|Party|Crowd