Louis XVI, King of France

Jean-Baptiste Nini

1779–80 · 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

1779–80

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, 1952