The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 27, 2023

Snuff Box with a Portrait of a Lady

1803

Pierre Louis Bouvier

(Swiss, 1765–1836)

Switzerland, early 19th century

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.)

Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.285

Location

not on view

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

Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), January 17, 2011 - July 18, 2011.

Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.285