AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE NINI (1717-1786) AND WORKSHOP- A SET OF THIRTEEN TERRACOTTA MEDALLIONS
LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
to include:
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), impressed NINI F 1777, in giltwood frame, medallion 11.5cm, frame 16cm diameter
Louis XVI (1754 -1793), relief signature 1780 NIN, black and gilt frame, medallion 16.6cm, frame 19.2cm diameter
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), incised J B Nini F 1799, black and gilt frame, medallion 16.5cm, frame 19.2cm diameter
Madame de Flesselles (wife of Jacques de Flesselles (1721-1789), gilt frame illegible incised signature, paper label inscribed to reverse, medallion 16.5cm, frame 23cm diameter
Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont Intendant des Invalides (1726-1803), incised J NINI F, unframed, 16.1cm diameter
Empress Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Cyrillic title, incised J B Nini F 1771, unframed, 16.5cm diameter
Suzanne Jarente de la Reyniere (1735-1815), giltwood frame, incised I NINI F, inscribed PIP OR PJP to the reverse, medallion 16.5cm, frame 24.3cm diameter
Louis XV (1710-1774), incised J B NINI F 1770, giltwood frame, medallion 16.5cm, frame 23.6cm diameter
Marie Therese of Austria (1717-1780), incised I.B.NINI F. MDCCIX, gilt metal frame, medallion 11.7cm, frame 15.3cm diameter
Albertine nee Baronne de Nivenheim, 1768, incised NINI, reverse incised indistinctly, old paper labels, giltwood frame, medallion 16.7cm diameter, frame 23.8cm diameter
Father Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715-1794), incised J B NINI F, in giltwood frame, medallion 15.3cm, frame 20.2cm diameter
Two profiles of ladies, both with faint impressed signatures, giltwood frames, frames 20.5cm diameter
Provenance:
Empress Catherine the Great: 2 Dec 2010, Uppsala Auktionskammare.
Suzanne Jarente de la Reyniere, Baronne de Nivenheim, Louis XV, Benjamin Franklin: Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2010.
Madame de Flesselles: from the collection of A. de Broglie, Thierry de Maigret, 8 Dec 2010.
Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont: Audap & Mirabaud, 16 March 2011.
Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette: Thierry de Maigret, 9 June 2011,
Marie Therese of Austria: DaGuerre, 17 May 2013.
Father Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715-1794) and Two Ladies: Pandolfini, Florence, 16 April 2019, where purchased by Count Manfredi della Gherardesca
Condition Report:
Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. All with some surface dirt- rubbing to raised detailing and some frame wear and edge losses.
More exact conditions recorded by each below where possible/pertinent
1 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), 2 Louis XVI (1754 -1793),
More wear to hair- surface flaw to left of head
3 Marie Antoinette (1755-1793
Restored
4 Madame de Flesselles (wife of Jacques de Flesselles (1721-1789),
Slightly mixed colours to surface- seems not to be restored but just dirty and with some irregular surface cleaning
5 Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont Intendant des Invalides (1726-1803),
Hairline crack at 12 running down into head, reverse edge chips
6 Empress Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Cyrillic title,
Restored
7 Suzanne Jarente de la Reyniere (1735-1815),
Restored
8 Louis XV (1710-1774),
Hairline crack running up from base- surface scratches, small moulding loss to top right front, chips to back edge
9 Marie Therese of Austria (1717-1780),
Reverse and front edge chips and withs cuffing and losses to raised areas and moulding to front
10 Albertine nee Baronne de Nivenheim, 1768,
surface spotting and some firing flaws
11 Father Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715-1794),
Sealed in frame
12 & 13 Two profiles of ladies, both with faint impressed signatures
Sealed in frame
Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.
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