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| Keywords: French - Snuffbox with Mythological Scenes and Landscapes - Walters 57153 - Right.jpg In en plein enameling the enamel is applied directly to areas that have been carved out of a surface This oval box displays Rococo gold work in scrolls and floral motifs On the cover is a scene of Venus receiving a breastplate from Jupiter painted by François Joseph Bourgoin a noted enamelist who worked for King Louis XV during the 1760s between 1762 1763 gold en plein enamel cm 3 5 5 4 accession number 57 153 37022 Allègre Sale Paris 1872 Dreyfus de Gonzales by purchase Sale Paris June 1 1896 no 1 Martin Rikoff by purchase Sale Paris December 4 1907 no 176 Harding Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
