Snuffbox with the Family of Louis XV
1767
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
The cover and base of this box are decorated with double portraits of the daughters of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska: on the cover, Madame Victoire and Madame Adélaïde; on the base, Madame Louise and Madame Sophie. The grandchildren of Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska are depicted on the sides of the box: the duc de Berry, future Louis XVI, with a kite (on the front); Madame Clotilde holding a battledore and shuttlecock (on the left end); the comte d'Artois, future Charles X (on the right end); and the comte de Provence, future Louis XVIII (on the back). These enamel miniatures are related to portraits by Jean-Étienne Liotard, Jean-Martial Frédou, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, and François-Hubert Drouais.
- Title: Snuffbox with the Family of Louis XV
- Creator: Barriere
- Date Created: 1767
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Jeweler: Barriere, Jeweler: J. J. Dailly
- Provenance: Zoé Victoire Talon, Comtesse du Cayla (1785-1852), Paris; Maurice Kann, Paris; Charles J. Wertheimer; Sale, Christie's, London, May 9, 1912, no. 14; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: snuffboxes
- Medium: gold, painted enamel
- Inscriptions: [Signature] On each panel: Dailly; [Marks] of J.J. Barrière; [Date] 1767
- Exhibitions: Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984., Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1999-2000.
- Dimensions: H: 1 15/16 x W: 2 1/2 in. (5 x 6.3 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1912
- Classification: Gold, Silver & Jewelry
- Accession Number: 57.136
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