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19th century FRENCH school after Jean-Baptiste NINI (1717-1786) Benjamin Franklin in fur cap (1706-1790), profile on the left Circular medallion sculpted in bas-relief in original terracotta. Titled BENJAMIN FRANKLIN on the rim. D. 36,2 cm RELATED WORK : Jean-Baptiste Nini, Benjamin Franklin, scholar and minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French court, 1777, medallion profile on the left, terracotta, diam. 12 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. RF 4588. Inspired by the medallion made by Jean-Baptiste Nini, executed after the portrait drawn of Benjamin Franklin by Thomas Walpole (1755-1840).