Snuffbox, Louis Roucel (French, active ca. 1756–1784, died 1787), 1768–69, French, Paris, Gold, shell, 3 3/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 1/8

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Snuffbox, Louis Roucel (French, active ca. 1756–1784, died 1787), 1768–69, French, Paris, Gold, shell, 3 3/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. ( × × cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Louis Roucel (French, active ca. 1756–1784, died 1787), Dürer's print of a rhinoceros, popular from the moment it was issued in 1515, appears here on a black shell ground inlaid (piqué) with hair-thin strips of gold and silver that stimulate the lines of the original woodcut

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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