The Property of
MRS. JOHN LESLIE
A TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT MEDALLION
Details
A TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT MEDALLION
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE NINI, FRENCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A gentleman in three-quarter profile to dexter inscribed around the outer edge Guy Le Gentil Marquis de Paroy and on the truncation I. NINI F. 1767-6½in. (16.25cm.) diameter within a later ebonized and gilt-metal frame, together with two portrait medallions, one of a gentleman, the other of a lady of the court, both after Nini-6½in. (16.25cm.) and 5¾in. (14.3cm.) diameter (3)
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE NINI, FRENCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A gentleman in three-quarter profile to dexter inscribed around the outer edge Guy Le Gentil Marquis de Paroy and on the truncation I. NINI F. 1767-6½in. (16.25cm.) diameter within a later ebonized and gilt-metal frame, together with two portrait medallions, one of a gentleman, the other of a lady of the court, both after Nini-6½in. (16.25cm.) and 5¾in. (14.3cm.) diameter (3)
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Vol. IV, pp. 272-273
L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Vol. IV, pp. 272-273