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Le Ray de Chaumont

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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