id:			166504
accession number:	2008.285
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.285
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:11.343000

Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Lady, 1803. Pierre Louis Bouvier (Swiss, 1765–1836). Watercolor on ivory; tortoise-shell lining; gilt metal rings; diameter: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); box: 7.8 x 2.6 cm (3 1/16 x 1 in.); diameter of frame: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.285

title:				Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Lady
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creation date:			1803
creation date earliest:		1803
creation date latest:		1803
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	Switzerland
technique:	watercolor on ivory; tortoise-shell lining; gilt metal rings
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* Pierre Louis Bouvier (Swiss, 1765–1836)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); Box: 7.8 x 2.6 cm (3 1/16 x 1 in.); Diameter of frame: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
	opening date:   2013-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), January 17, 2011 - July 18, 2011.', 'opening_date': '2011-01-17T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of Muriel Butkin
	date: 2008    
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	Norton Galleries (New York, New York), sold to Noah L. or Muriel Butkin, by 1975.
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	c. 1975-1980	Noah L. Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon his death, by inheritance to his wife, Muriel Butkin.
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	1980-2008	Muriel Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon her death, held in trust by the estate.
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	2008-2009	Estate of Muriel Butkin.
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