
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Patch Box with Cupid, “Let groveling minds / For gold contend / For virtuous love / I am a Friend.”
- Date
- ca. 1770
- Medium
- Enamel on copper; mirror glass
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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