Snuffbox with six allegories of love
1775–76
Miniatures by Jacques Joseph de Gault
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Maker/Artist
- Degault, Jacques-Joseph
- Formatted Medium
- Gold, enamel; grisaille en camaïeu on ivory
- Medium
- Gold, enamel, grisaille en camaïeu on ivory
- Dimensions
- box: 2-15/16 x 2-1/4 in. (7.5 x 5.7 cm); miniatures: top, oval, 1 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (28 x 43 mm); bottom, oval, 1 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (28 x 43 mm); front 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (11 x 30 mm); back 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (11 x 30 mm); left side 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (11 x 30 mm); right side 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (11 x 30 mm)
- Departments
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 17.190.1169
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Rights Statement
- public-domain
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