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Box with portrait of a woman

Box with portrait of a woman by Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin

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)

Classification

Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.1120a, b

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

PortraitsWomen

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