After a popular historical illustration of the Princess Lamballe, this rendition is really quite superb and true to the original and the woman, herself. Marie-Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (Italian: Maria Teresa Luisa; 8 September 1749 – 3 September 1792), a member of the Courts of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Extremely beautiful in her time, She was married at the age of 17 to Louis Alexandre de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Prince de Lamballe, the heir to the greatest fortune in France. Ill fated, even so, she was killed in the massacres of September 1792 during the French Revolution. A person with a most interesting history and life, even so. The artist has signed the work, but remember it is a tribute rendition after the c.1700s painting/illustration, and created as a tourist's souvenir, the artist will not be a listed artist. Very appealing, it probably had an ostrich down powder puff with it. Nearly 5" in diameter, impossible to consider it as a snuff box. Full measurements noted on the photos.
Very good to excellent, I really can't find a flaw to note. The burl wood is solid, not veneer, and so the box is rather heavy and very beautiful inside and out. The painting is beautifully done, an adept artist capturing a person and painting most of us recognize.
