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Profile Head of Benjamin Franklin
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Franklin was a hugely popular figure in Paris. Here the Italian sculptor Nini depicts the American in profile wearing a fur cap that had become associated with him from a portrait by Allan Ramsay, painted it in 1766, and which was well known from engravings.
Inscription
Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest [from 5 West Mt. Vernon Place].
Exhibitions
| 2009-2010 | Portrait Medallions of Jean-Baptiste Nini. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Italy (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 3/4 × Diam: 9/16 in. (12 × 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.421