Snuffbox with a Portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court

Nicolas-Augustin Delions, c. 1773 - c. 1774

The lid of this snuffbox features a portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court. Her husband, Jacob Hendrik de Ridder, either purchased or received the box as a gift in the year of their marriage. In his will, he bequeathed to her ‘a gold snuffbox with her portrait,’ a special memento of their union.

  • Artwork typesnuffbox
  • Object numberBK-NM-5885
  • Dimensionsheight 3.6 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 6 cm x height 4.2 cm x height 10.2 cm x width 9.8 cm x depth 7.7 cm
  • Physical characteristicsgoud in vier kleuren, het miniatuur op ivoor, glas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Snuffbox with a Portrait of Elisabeth Jacoba de Court

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-5885

  • Description

    Ovale snuifdoos in vier kleuren goud. Op het deksel een geschilderd damesportret in een ovaal medaillon achter glas. Geciseleerde Lodewijk XVI ornament. Miniatuurportret van Elisabeth Jacoba de Court (1753-1814), echtgenote van Jacob Hendrik de Ridder. Buste, de ogen iets naar rechts gericht.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • maker's mark
    • date letter
    • duty mark
    • inscription: ‘324’
    • countermark

Creation

  • Creation

    • goldsmith: Nicolas-Augustin Delions, Paris
    • painter: anonymous, Northern Netherlands
    • goldsmith: anonymous, Genève [rejected attribution]
    • painter: Joseph Marinkel [rejected attribution]
  • Dating

    c. 1773 - c. 1774

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    goud in vier kleuren, het miniatuur op ivoor, glas

  • Dimensions

    height 3.6 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 6 cm x height 4.2 cm x height 10.2 cm x width 9.8 cm x depth 7.7 cm


This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of M.G.P. del Court, Haarlem

  • Acquisition

    gift 1956

  • Copyright


Documentation

  • Documentatiemap.


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