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Le Ray de Chaumont

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Nini (1717–1786)

Date

1771

Medium

Terra cotta

Dimensions

6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm) (diameter)

Credit Line

Gift of Vincent Umberto Coletti-Perucca, 1954

Object Number

UH51

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Benjamin Franklin

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Nini (1717–1786)

Date

1777

Medium

Terra cotta

Dimensions

4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm) (diameter)

Credit Line

Gift of Vincent Umberto Coletti-Perucca, 1954

Object Number

UH52

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Marie Antoinette

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Nini (1717–1786)

Date

1779

Medium

Terra cotta

Dimensions

6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Vincent Umberto Coletti-Perucca, 1954

Object Number

UH50

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    Jean-Baptiste Nini (1717–1786)

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    Jean-Baptiste Nini (1717–1786)

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