Box with portrait of a woman
The miniature is set in the lid of a tortoiseshell box with gold mounts; the sides and bottom of the box are painted blue with gold stars. The box bears the Paris discharge mark for 1775–81 and the French mark for small imported work, 1838–64.
The discharge mark indicates that the miniature was painted at least nine years later than the completion of the box; the second mark shows that the box had been exported from France and was reimported around the middle of the nineteenth century.
A somewhat similar miniature of a woman with a tricolored belt, signed and dated 1790, is in the Musée du Louvre.
The discharge mark indicates that the miniature was painted at least nine years later than the completion of the box; the second mark shows that the box had been exported from France and was reimported around the middle of the nineteenth century.
A somewhat similar miniature of a woman with a tricolored belt, signed and dated 1790, is in the Musée du Louvre.
Artwork Details
- Title: Box with portrait of a woman
- Artist: Miniature by Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin (French, Saint-Dié 1759–1832 Paris)
- Date: 1775–81
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Tortoiseshell, gold; ivory
- Dimensions: box: 1 1/16 × 3 in. (2.7 × 7.6 cm);
miniature (oval): 2 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (5.7 × 5.4 cm) - Classifications: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Miniatures
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.190.1120a, b
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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