12 - Rectangular snuffbox made of black tortoiseshell, set in 2nd-title gold (840 parts per thousand)

Rectangular snuffbox made of black tortoiseshell, set in 2nd-title gold (840 parts per thousand) Oval miniature portrait of Princess Marie-Henriette Stuart (1631–1660) The lid, which opens along its length via a hinge, is inlaid with an oval miniature portrait of Princess Marie-Henriette Stuart (1631–1660), daughter of King Charles I of England (previously identified as a portrait of Queen Henrietta of England), shown in a right-facing bust wearing a pearl necklace and a crown of roses, based on the portrait painted by Van Dyck in 1637, in enamel painted on gold, framed in gold, set within a rectangular frame covering the entire surface of the gold lid with an amati background, chased with branches and a laurel wreath in slight relief, under slightly domed glass with a gold border and a guilloché blue enamel border. Lined with gold on the inside. Small cracks in the tortoiseshell and a corner that has come unsoldered and needs to be reattached; signs of wear on the miniature. Paris, 1819–1838. Goldsmith: Catherine Adélaïde Duponnois (active 1822–1837). The miniature is based on a work by Jean I Petitot (Geneva, 1607–Vevey, 1691). H. 3.5 x W. 3 cm (miniature). H. 2.6 x W. 5.5 x D. 7.3 cm (snuffbox). Gross weight: 138.5 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. - 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 - Jean I Petitot, Mary Stuart, Consort of William II, enamel miniature, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. SK-A-4333. - Antoine van Dyck, The Five Eldest Children of Charles I: Mary, James, Charles, Elizabeth, and Anne, oil on canvas, 1637, National Portrait Gallery, London, inv. NPG 267. - Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of the Children of Charles I, oil on canvas, Royal Collection, inv. RCIN 404403. - Anthony van Dyck, William II, Prince of Orange, and his wife Mary Henrietta Stuart, oil on canvas, 1641, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. SK-A-102.