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Source Description
The cover and base of this box are decorated with double portraits of the daughters of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska: on the cover, Madame Victoire and Madame Adélaïde; on the base, Madame Louise and Madame Sophie. The grandchildren of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska are depicted on the sides of the box: the duc de Berry, future Louis XVI, with a kite (on the front); Madame Clotilde holding a battledore and shuttlecock (on the left end); the comte d'Artois, future Charles X (on the right end); and the comte de Provence, future Louis XVIII (on the back). These enamel miniatures are related to portraits by Jean-Étienne Liotard, Jean-Martial Frédou, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, and François-Hubert Drouais.
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Document identity
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22517
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Snuffbox with the Family of Louis XV
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title
Snuffbox with the Family of Louis XV
description
The cover and base of this box are decorated with double portraits of the daughters of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska: on the cover, Madame Victoire and Madame Adélaïde; on the base, Madame Louise and Madame Sophie. The grandchildren of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska are depicted on the sides of the box: the duc de Berry, future Louis XVI, with a kite (on the front); Madame Clotilde holding a battledore and shuttlecock (on the left end); the comte d'Artois, future Charles X (on the right end); and the comte de Provence, future Louis XVIII (on the back). These enamel miniatures are related to portraits by Jean-Étienne Liotard, Jean-Martial Frédou, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, and François-Hubert Drouais.
provenance
Zoé Victoire Talon, Comtesse du Cayla (1785-1852), Paris; Maurice Kann, Paris; Charles J. Wertheimer; Sale, Christie's, London, May 8, 1912, no. 14; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1762-1767
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CC0
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en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
snuffboxes
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14
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import
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cm
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5
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6.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 15/16 x W: 2 1/2 in. (5 x 6.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Enameler] ""Dailly"" on each enamel panel on both interior of lid and base; [Goldsmith] Crowned Fleur-de-lis with two dots and the innitials J J B for J.J. Barrière on both interior of lid and base; [Date] Crowned Cursive ""D"" for 1767; [Assayer] Two entwined palm leafs for Jean-Jacque Prévost on both interior of lid and base.
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gold, painted enamel
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