Medallion: Commemorating Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Medallion: Commemorating Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Artist
Giovanni Battista Nini
(Italian, 1717-1786)
Place of OriginFrance
Date1777
Dimensions3 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (8.9 × 11.7 cm)
Mediumterracotta
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus
Object number
1907.47
Not on View
DescriptionReverse: Bougt (sic) at Nantes 1795.
Obverse: Benjamin Franklin in fur cap, to left.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Commemorative Medals, in observance of Human Rights Week, December 10-17, 1963.
about 1780
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1761
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