Hiacynthe de Rigaud, 1741-1817, Comte de Vaudreuil, 1770

Not on View

Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Accession Number

2003.154.12

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Battista Nini (medalist) Italian, 1717 - 1786

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: HIACINTHE DE RIGAUD COMTE DE VAUDREUIL; on the truncation, almost illegible: I B NINI; on the reverse is a paper label with a handwritten history of the sitter

Provenance

Purchased c. 1960/1985 by Lisa and Leonard Baskin, Leeds, Massachusetts; gift 2003 to NGA.

Associated Names

Baskin, Lisa

Bibliography

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 889, repro.