Snuffbox “à cage” with Watteau scenes
Meissen, circa 1750/60 / Mount in “à cage” technique, yellow gold / H. 4 x W. 8.7 x D. 7.1 cm / Illegible mark in gold on the lower edge of the interior lid
Provenance: Brattig 2010, No. 89, p. 204 ff.
Graphic Sources
- Interior lid: Engraving by Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707–1783) from 1730 after Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743), "Les Saisons - L’Hiver", before 1730, oil on canvas, painting possibly in a private collection in Paris today.
- Front: Engraving by Benoit Audran (1698–1772) from 1727, titled "Bon Voyage", after Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), "Le Pélerinage à l’Île de Cythère", 1717, oil on canvas, Paris, Musée du Louvre (Inv. No. INV. 8525), and "L’Embarquement pour Cythère", after 1717, oil on canvas, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Schloss Charlottenburg (Inv. No. GKI 30331).
- Back: Engraving by Jacques Gabriel Huquier (1695–1772) after Jean-Antoine Watteau, "Le Repos Gracieux", circa 1713, oil on wood, Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (Inv. No. A387).
- Right side: Engraving by Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715–1790), before 1729, after a presumably lost painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau, "Pour garder l'honneur d'une belle", Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kupferstichkabinett (Inv. No. 838-31).
- Underside: Engraving by Etienne Brillon (dates unknown, active in Paris since 1726) from 1732 after a presumably lost painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau, "Le Printemps", Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (Inv. No. 1931.158).