Jean Baptiste Nini (Italian 1717-1786) , rare preliminary model for Nini’s terra cotta portrait medallion of Benjamin Franklin, ca. 1777, marked below shoulder, 3 1/2” dia. For a similar example, see Christie’s, April 10th, 2012, lot 48.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2016-10-08
Jean-Baptiste Nini (French, 1717-1786), Bronze Relief Medallion with a Portrait of a Lady, possibly depicting the Marquise de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, with mold impressed signature "Nini," dia. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-09
Terra-cotta Medallion of Benjamin Franklin, Jean Baptiste Nini, Paris, France, c. 1777, featuring Franklin wearing a fur cap, spectacles, and facing left, marked under the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-03-03
Terra-cotta Medallion of Benjamin Franklin, Jean Baptiste Nini, Paris, France, c. 1777, inscribed "B.FRANKLIN.AMERICAIN," featuring Franklin wearing a fur cap and facing to the left, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-03-03
Terra-cotta Medallion of Benjamin Franklin, Jean Baptiste Nini, Paris, France, c. 1777, inscribed "B.FRANKLIN.AMERICAIN," featuring Franklin wearing a fur cap and facing to the left, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-02-27
Terra Cotta Portrait Plaque of Benjamin Franklin, France, c.1777, circular shape, self-framed with raised title "B. Franklin Americain" surrounding portrait in relief signed Nini (for Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-07-17
circa 1771 cast terracotta diameter: 13.2 cm (5 1/4 in.) signed on tranche Read more…
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2015-02-28
Two Wedgwood & Bentley Portrait Medallions, England, c.1779, an oval solid blue jasper with dark blue dip and applied white relief depiction of Benjamin Franklin, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-01-15
Fine and Important Italian Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1720, labeled ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS CREMONENSIS, FACIEBAT ANNO 1724, the one-piece back of bold curl, the ribs Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-10-15
Letter signed ("Niccolo Paganini"), achieved in another hand, one and a half pages, on a bifolium, Vienna, May 6, 1846, in French. The Italian violinist Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-05-07
Group of two framed and matted engraved portraits comprising of a depiction of renowned explorer Amerigo Vespucci (Italian 1454-1512) from Montanus: De Nieuwe En Onbekende Read more…
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2014-08-09
