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Snuffbox with portrait of Louis XVI (1754–1793), King of France

Joseph Etienne Blerzy

Maximum print size

33.8 × 28.2 cm · 13.3 × 11.1 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,000 × 3,342 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 33.8 × 28.2 cm · 13.3 × 11.1 in
Mat border, sides: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.4 cm · 2.5 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1779–80
Medium: Gold, enamel, diamonds; ivory, glass
Type: Metalwork-Gold and Platinum|Miniatures
Size: 8.3 × 6.4 cm · 3.3 × 2.5 in
Origin: French, Paris
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Kings, Portraits
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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