SculptureItalian18th century
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
1779
Artists
Giovanni Battista NiniArtist
Description
Franklin in left profile, bare-headed. On exergue is stamped a crowned crest with hand and lightning bolt. The device of the hand and lightning bolt separates the letters of the inscription. Perforated at upper margin for hanging wire.
Dimensions
13 x 1.9 cm (5 1/8 x 3/4 in.) 327.5 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1938.
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