Snuffbox with portrait of a woman
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French
Artist: Continental (possibly Swiss) Painter|Joseph Etienne Blerzy
Artist bio:  |French, active 1750–1806
Artist role: Artist|Maker
Artist nationality: Continental/Swiss|French
Date: 1776–77
Medium: Gold, enamel
Dimensions: Box: 3 1/16 × 2 5/16 in. (7.8 × 5.9 cm); Miniature (oval): 1 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (3.2 × 2.9 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Portraits|Women