Artist
Joseph Etienne Blerzy
Joseph Etienne Blerzy is a Rococo painting artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
These artists crafted delicate snuffboxes in late-1700s France, miniature portraits painted on ivory set inside gold frames. Their 1773–74 snuffbox features a woman’s image, finished around 1778–80 with enamel and glass. Tiny and precise, these boxes were luxury items passed between hands at Paris salons and royal courts.
Open one and you’ll see a face frozen in cream and cobalt, the size of a thumbnail. Try the miniature itself next, swipe to zoom in on the woman’s painted gaze.
Works by Joseph Etienne Blerzy
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