SculptureItalian18th century
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1777
Artists
Giovanni Battista NiniArtist
Description
Franklin in left profile, with glasses and fur cap. On exergue is stamped a crowned crest with hand and lightning bolt. Perforated at upper margin for hanging wire.
Dimensions
9 × 1.7 cm (3 9/16 × 11/16 in.) framed: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.) 114.1 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1938.
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