I do believe Rinaldo della Luna is distinguished both because he may be
Mino's earliest bust and because he was closely affiliated with the
Medici--I seem to recall he married a Medici. Jane Schuyler or Shelley
Zuraw would know.
 I'm not at a museum, and while I would love to have a golden Rinaldo I
can't spring for the postage, etc. He sounds to be a plaster copy, so
many of which have been made (you can still buy copies such as this, yes,
even painted, although the gold sounds like an amateur job) but somebody
will surely be interested. Art schools used to be great collectors of
these.

  Adrienne DeAngelis

On Fri, August 3, 2007 7:52 am, Candace Perry wrote:
> We are the very fortunate owners of a copy of a marble bust of Renaldo
> della Luna by Mino da Fiesole that I think resides in the Bargello in
> Florence,
> which was attacked by some well meaning individual with gold paint to lend
> a little glitz to his staid self. Anyway, I have found many references to
> the bust which is apparently quite well known.  What I have been unable to
> determine is who he was, and why anyone would reproduce him! I am fairly
> certain he is being deaccessioned.  He doesn't fit our scope unless it
> turns out he was a friend of Martin Luther's or Caspar Schwenckfeld's.  If
> anyone would like him for their collection -- he comes with complete with
> his embellishment -- feel free to contact me.  At this point he'd fit in
> better with the velvet Elvii and stuffed frog set, rather than a lovely
> Victorian house, where he most likely would belong if he were
> sans gilded spatters in his hair. If anyone knows the true identity of
> Renaldo would you please come forward?
> Thanks so much!
> Candace Perry
> Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
>
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