Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694–1778)
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: 1781
Medium: Medallion: cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont); frame: gilt wood
Dimensions: Diameter (without frame): 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
Credit line: Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1952
Accession year: 1952
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