Empress Catherine II
Object type: Medallion
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Chaumont-sur-Loire
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Nini
Artist bio: Italian, Urbino 1717–1786 Chaumont-sur-Loire
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1771
Medium: Medallion: cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); frame: wood, green with gilt molding on edges)
Dimensions: Diameter (without frame): 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
Credit line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Princesses|Profiles