Medallion with Benjamin Franklin
Jean Baptiste (Battista) NiniWW-1779-009216
Gift of the Automobile Club of France to the U.S.A. through Mr. Otto K. Eitel, Chairman of the Distribution Committee of the Freedom Train
Catalogue
- Year
- 1779
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Jean Baptiste (Battista) Nini
Jean Baptiste Nini is an Italian-born sculptor and medallist active in eighteenth-century France, known for finely modeled portrait medallions in terracotta.
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Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1779
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1779-009216
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified