Jean-Joseph Barrière|Anton Graff

Jean-Joseph Barrière carved luxurious snuffboxes in late 18th-century Europe, tiny canvases in gold and enamel where each lid told a portrait. One such box shows Prince Karl von Sachsen gazing from ivory behind glass, every curl of hair and coat button rendered in miniature precision. Slide over to the lid and you’ll find the same face again, this time in soft enamel—proof that the same hand could switch tools and still stay sharp. Tap the portrait itself to see how Barrière turned a man’s likeness into something you can hold in your palm.