NINI, Giovanni Battista

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

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

18th century

plaster

medallion

Dimensions (HxWxD): diam. 4 ¹⁄₄ in.

inscribed around edge: B. FRANKLIN AMERICAIN

Acc. No.: 17.70.1

Credit Line: Gift of R.T. Haines Halsey, 1917

Photo credit: www.metmuseum.org, August 16, 2011

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.metmuseum.org

Provenance

• 1917, Gift of R.T. Haines Halsey

Bibliography

• 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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