Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman

Jean-Urbain Guérin1805

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Title: Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Young Woman
Creator: Jean-Urbain Guérin (French, 1760-1836)
Date Created: 1805
Physical Dimensions: Box: 7.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Unframed: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Estate of Muriel Butkin, Norton Galleries (New York, New York), sold to Noah L. or Muriel Butkin before 1975., c. 1975-1980 Noah L. Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon his death, by inheritance to his wife, Muriel Butkin., 1980-2008 Muriel Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon her death, held in trust by the estate., 2008-2009 Estate of Muriel Butkin
Type: Portrait Miniature
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.293
Medium: watercolor on ivory mounted on a box
Inscriptions: signed, lower right: J. Guérin f
Department: Decorative Art and Design
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Collection: Decorative Arts
Accession Number: 2008.293

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