Title: Snuffbox with four maritime scenes; Louis XIV crossing the Rhine in 1672
Object type: Snuffbox, painting
Date: 1798–1838
Artist:  Adrien Jean Maximilien Vachette 
Artist bio: French, Cauffry 1753–1839 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Gold, enamel
Dimensions: Box: 2-3/4 x 2 in.  (7.0 x 5.1 cm); Miniatures: front and back, each:  5/8 x 2-3/8 in. (1.6 x 6 cm), left and right, each:  5/8 x 1-5/8 in. (1.6 x 4.1 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Battles, term: Kings, term: Louis XIV, term: Horses