Title: Box with portrait of a whippet
Object type: Box, painting
Date: late 18th century
Artist: Probably by Joseph Etienne Blerzy 
Artist bio: French, active 1750–1806
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Gold, ivory, glass
Dimensions: 1/2 x 3 7/16 x 1 3/8 in. (1.3 x 8.7 x 3.5cm);
Miniature (sight): 1 1/8 × 2 1/4 in. (2.9 × 5.7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Credit line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Dogs