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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