NINI, Giovanni Battista

Urbino, Italy 1717 - Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher 1786

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

1777

terracotta

medallion

Dimensions (HxWxD): diam. 4 ¹⁄₂ in.

signed and dated on truncated: NINI / F 1777
dated also beneath truncation: 1777
inscribed around the rim: B. FRANKLIN / AMERICAIN

Acc. No.: 79.4.387

Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Paul Rodman Mabury Bequest by exchange

Photo credit: www.lacma.org

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

www.lacma.org

Provenance

• 1979, Purchased with funds provided by the Paul Rodman Mabury Bequest by exchange

Bibliography

• Museum's website, 13 December 2011
• 2015 Margolis
  Richard Margolis, Benjamin Franklin in Terra Cotta. Portrait Medallions by Jean-Baptiste Nini at the Chateau of Chaumont. Medallions of Franklin and of American Interest by Jean-Martin Renaud. Original Models for the Libertas Americana Medal in Terra Cotta by Clodion and in Plaster by Augustin Dupré, Gahanna, Kolbe & Fanning, 2015

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