Portrait of a lady, possibly the Marquise de Vaudreuil

Jean-Baptiste Nini

second half 18th century (before 1786) · Medallion: cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); frame: gilt wood · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

In a technique of his own invention, Nini refined the local clay through a process of elutriation and used it to cast his medallions from finely engraved copper molds.

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Nini

Date

second half 18th century (before 1786)

Medium

Medallion: cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); frame: gilt wood

Culture

French, Chaumont-sur-Loire

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1949