11 - Rectangular snuffbox made of black tortoiseshell with rounded corners, set in 3rd-title gold (750 parts per thousand)

Rectangular snuffbox made of black tortoiseshell with rounded corners, set in 3rd-title gold (750 parts per thousand) The lid, which opens along its length via a hinge, is inlaid with an oval miniature portrait of Louise-Marie de Gonzague-Nevers Queen of Poland (1611–1667), daughter of the 1st Duke of Mantua and Catherine of Lorraine (previously identified as a portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden), depicted in a right-facing bust, wearing a blue dress adorned with pearls and an ermine fur cape, crowned with the Royal Crown of Poland, in enamel painted on gold, framed in gold within an octagonal setting with an amati background, chased with gold foliage scrolls, under slightly domed glass with a gold border enamelled with a blue border. Good condition; the gold mount needs to be reattached. Paris, 1798–1809. Goldsmith: Pierre-André Montauban (active c. 1795–c. 1820) The miniature is attributed to Jean I Petitot (Geneva, 1607–Vevey, 1691). H. 2.9 x W. 2.5 cm (miniature). H. 2.5 x W. 8.1 x D. 5.9 cm (snuffbox). Gross weight: 110.0 g. Provenance - Martial Lapeyre Collection (1904–1984). - Fondation Napoléon (Paris) following the bequest by Martial Lapeyre in 1984. Exhibitions - Philippe Hoch (ed.), Splendors of the Empire: Around Napoleon and the Imperial Court, exhibition catalog, Manderen, Château de Malbrouck (March 15, 2009–August 31, 2009), Éditions Serpenoise, 2009, p. 85, described on p. 142 under no. 82. - Bernard Chevallier (ed.), *Napoleone: Imperial Splendor—The Treasures of the Fondation Napoléon*, exhibition catalog, Rome, Museo Napoleonico (February 15, 2008–May 25, 2008) & Portoferraio, Museo Nazionale delle Residenze Napoleoniche (June 12, 2008–September 12, 2008), Éditions Sillabe, 2008, p. 191. Related Works - Justus van Egmont (workshop of), Portrait of Marie Louise de Gonzague, Queen of Poland, oil on canvas, 1646, Palace of Versailles, inv. MV 3461. - Jean I Petitot, Portrait of Louise-Marie de Gonzague-Nevers, Queen of Poland, holding a globe (previously mistakenly identified as a presumed portrait of Christina of Sweden), enamel miniature, 3.6 x 3 cm, former Ennery Collection, Louvre Museum, inv. 35704. - Jean I Petitot, Portrait of Louise-Marie de Gonzague-Nevers, Queen of Poland, holding a globe, enamel miniature, 3.5 x 2.8 cm, V&A Museum, London, inv. 667-1882. - Another version similar to ours, in which the queen is not holding the globe, is in the Ernst Holzscheiter Collection in Meilen.