Louis XV, 1763, French, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Medallion: cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); frame: gilt wood, Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Sculpture-Miniature, Jean-Baptiste Nini (Italian, Urbino 1717–1786 Chaumont-sur-Loire), In a technique of his own invention, Nini refined the local clay through a process of elutriation and used it to cast his medallions from finely engraved copper molds.
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Louis XV, 1763, French, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Medallion, cast terracotta, terre de Chaumont, frame, gilt wood, Diameter, 6 1/2, 16.5 cm, Sculpture-Miniature, Jean-Baptiste Nini, Italian, Urbino, 1717–1786, technique, own invention, Nini refined, local clay, process, elutriation, cast, medallions, finely engraved copper, molds
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