Snuff Bottle with European Figures

A woman in a yellow bodice and crimson mantle sits before a green curtain and nurses a naked infant, who grips her cloth. A wooded landscape with a pale sky opens at left. The scene is painted in fine enamel on copper, with a white dotted border and gilt mount.

Look closer: The gilt mount on the stopper is cast as a small carved face framed by foliage.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1736–95

Medium

painted enamel on copper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

2988 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin