French school of the XIXth century after Jean-Baptiste Nini (1717-1786) Portrait of Albertine née Baronne de Nivenheim 1768 and presumed Portrait of Marie Alcock (1740-1824) Set of two medallions in baked clayOne bears a signature and a date " JB NINI . F 1782" on the rimThe other bears the inscription "ALBERTINE NEE BARONNE DE NIVENHEIM. Diameters: one 13.5 cm, the other 12 cm A third terracotta medallion depicting Charles V of Habsburg after a model by Hans Reinhart le Vieux, diam. 7 cm Related works: - Jean-Baptiste Nini, Portrait of the Baroness of Nivenheim, 1768, terracotta medallion, diam. 15.9 cm, Paris, Musée d'art contemporain de Paris. Jean-Baptiste Nini, Portrait présumé de Marie Alcock (1740-1824), 1762, terracotta medallion, diam. 16.7 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. RF4589. Related literature: Anna Cerboni-Baiardi, Barbara Sibille, Jean-Baptiste Nini, 1717-1786. D'Urbino aux rives de la Loire. Paysages et visages européens, Milan, Éditions Federico Motta, 2001, model listed under n°68, p.185-186