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WALPOLES

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A fine 18th century French Vernis Martin snuff box, painted around with a running pastoral scene, to the base a continuation depicting a rustic bridge over a fast running river.


The lift-off cover is finely painted with a copy of Francois Boucher's Le sommeil interrompu; The Interrupted Sleep.


The closing edges trimmed with gilt copper; the interior lined with tortoiseshell.


French circa 1760.


dia: 3 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in


Boucher's original painting is now in the collection of The Met. Painted in 1750, it was conceived as one of a pair of overdoors, set into the woodwork of Madame de Pompadour’s Château de Bellevue.


 

  • Period:
    • Price: £1,250.00
    • €1,492 Euro
    • $1,674 US Dollar
  • Location: London