Snuffbox with portrait of a woman 1776–77 Joseph Etienne Blerzy French The miniature is set in a gold-and-enamel box made by Joseph Étienne Blerzy (apprenticed 1750, master 1768, working 1806) in Paris in 1776–77. The box bears five marks, among them the maker’s mark JEB and the Paris marks for 1775– sitter’s costume dates about 1710. The portrait, which is in the style of Charles Boit (1663–1727) or Christian Friedrich Zincke, may have been done at that time and would therefore be earlier than the box. But, given the curious disproportion between the head and the bust, it may be a later
Snuffbox with portrait of a woman 1776–77 Joseph Etienne Blerzy French The miniature is set in a gold-and-enamel box made by Joseph Étienne Blerzy (apprenticed 1750, master 1768, working 1806) in Paris in 1776–77. The box bears five marks, among them the maker’s mark JEB and the Paris marks for 1775– sitter’s costume dates about 1710. The portrait, which is in the style of Charles Boit (1663–1727) or Christian Friedrich Zincke, may have been done at that time and would therefore be earlier than the box. But, given the curious disproportion between the head and the bust, it may be a later pastiche which was made for setting in the Snuffbox with portrait of a woman 193818
Size: 1992px × 1992px
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