Bust of Rinaldo della Luna

Mino da Fiesole, Giuseppe Lelli (cast maker)

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Artist
Mino da Fiesole
Papiano 1429 – 1484 Firenze

Giuseppe Lelli
(cast maker)
Firenze
Dated
1461 (original), 1907 (cast)
Medium
plaster cast
Dimensions
37 × 40 cm
Inv.no.
Rg.209
Department
Sculptures - Plaster casts
Current Location of the Original Artwork
Italy, Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello

The marble bust of Rinaldo della Luna at the age of 27 was carved by Mino da Fiesole. It is signed and dated and the inscription shows Rinaldo's name as well (1461. RINALDO DELLA LVNA SVE·ETATIS·ANNO XXVII OPVS MINI·NE·MCCCCLXI). The Museum purchased the plaster cast in 1907. In 1946 the copy was transferred in the XII district of Budapest in a villa, were at the time a Free Art Academy was founded. The current whereabouts of the artwork are unknown.