Profile Head of Hugues Joseph Gamot

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This terracotta medallion is pierced for hanging and is without a legend. The piece has several minor chips. It depicts Hugues Joseph Gamot, engraver to the king.

Exhibitions

Portrait Medallions of Jean-Baptiste Nini. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009-2010.

Provenance Muhlbacher [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Paris, May 1907, no. 203; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.

Inscriptions [Signature] NINI; [Inscription] On reverse: PFQR (?) PFGR (?)

Credit Museum purchase, 1946

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Creator

Giovanni Battista Nini (Italian, 1717-1786) (Artist)

Period

1717-1786

Medium

terracotta
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

27.513

Measurements

Diam: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)

Geographies

France (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View