Snuffbox with portrait of a woman

Joseph Etienne Blerzy, 1773–74, miniature ca. 1778–80

Artist

Joseph Etienne Blerzy (French, active 1750–1806)

Date

1773–74, miniature ca. 1778–80

Medium

Gold, enamel, ivory, glass

Size

Box: 3 1/4 × 2 7/16 in. (8.3 × 6.2 cm); Miniature, sight: 1 5/8 × 1 5/16 in. (4.1 × 3.3 cm)

Type

Metalwork-Gold and Platinum

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed