Thérèse Jogues Le Ray de Chaumont (1732–1819)
In a technique of his own invention, Nini refined the local clay through a process of elutriation and used it to cast his medallions from finely engraved copper molds.
Credit: Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1952
1774
Medallion: cast terracotta (terre de chaumont); frame: gilt wood
6.0in
52.189.5
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