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Jean-Baptiste Nini Italian
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. The sitter was Queen of Hungary and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (reigned 1740–1780).
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Title: Empress Maria Theresa (1717–1780)
Artist:
Jean-Baptiste Nini (Italian, Urbino 1717–1786 Chaumont-sur-Loire)
Date: 1769
Culture: French, Chaumont-sur-Loire
Medium: Medallion: cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); frame: gilt wood
Dimensions: Diameter (without frame): 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
Credit Line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1952
Object Number: 52.189.4
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