Artist
Jean-Charles-Simphorien Dubos
Jean-Charles-Simphorien Dubos is a Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This Parisian silversmith loved tiny, glittering things. He spent months painting delicate flowers on the inside of snuffboxes—so delicate you’d swear they’d wilt if you sneezed. One of his boxes, now in the Met, shows a pink rose that looks almost real if you tilt it just right. Slide over to Gallery Tiles and zoom in on his *Snuffbox* from 1759–60; the petals have more glow than a streetlamp at midnight.
Works by Jean-Charles-Simphorien Dubos
Collections represented
Museum
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