NINI, Giovanni Battista

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

Benjamin Franklin (avec des lunettes)

Benjamin Franklin (with glasses)

terracotta

medallion

Dimensions (HxWxD): diam. 3 ⁵⁄₈ in.

Acc. No.: NPG.66.13

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

www.npg.si.edu

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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