ALBERTINE Baroness of Nyvenheim 1742-1805 - Lot 871

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ALBERTINE Baroness of Nyvenheim 1742-1805 - Lot 871
ALBERTINE Baroness of Nyvenheim 1742-1805 Uniface medal in bronze, dated 1768 (157 mm). Engraver : Jean-Baptiste Nini. Chipping at 12 o'clock. Of high relief. Very beautiful. Albertine Élisabeth de Nyvenheim, known as the baroness of Nieukerque, was born on October 30, 1742 in the Netherlands and died in forced exile in Fontainebleau in 1805. Aristocrat and Franco-Dutch spy, she was a prominent woman at the court of Louis XV and Louis XVI, supported the Dutch patriots, entered into counter-revolutionary activism and was arrested several times for political reasons. Jean-Baptiste Nini born Giovanni Battista Nini (Urbino, 1717 - Chaumont-sur-Loire, 1786), Italian sculptor and medallist renowned for his virtuosity and the finesse of his execution.
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