Brunaccino Rinaldi, 16th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 58 x 33 x 20 cm (22 13/16 x 13 x 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.118

Artists / Makers

Florentine 16th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

on tablet on base: MCC.LXI / BRVNACCINVS. RINALDI.DE / BRVNELLESCHIS. FLOR. REIPVB. PREAF / IN. LVC ESES. FX. CLARO. OTHONV / IPATORV. ET. SAXOIAE. DVCV. GENERE. ORTVS. / DVX. GHIBELLINORV. ROCCIAE. AC. VILLAEPETRAIAE / COES. EX. NIPOZANI. VOLOGNANI . Q. DOMIIS. PRAECIAR / AE. BRVACCIORV. FAILIAE. AGOME. PRESTAS. PATRIT. ET. C. / FIOR. NVC. CODITVS. SAXO. IACETOAE. CERIS. FIE. POTITVS. SVO

Provenance

Beurdeley collection, Florence, in 1865.[1] acquired 1878 in Florence by A. Gérôme. (Lowengard, Paris); sold 15 May 1908 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[2] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] The bust is illustrated and described, and identified as being in the Beurdeley collection by Paul Mantz, "Musée Rétrospectif. La Renaissance et les temps modernes," Gazette des Beaux-Arts 19 (1865): 329-330, illus.

[2] Provenance according to Widener files in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Gérôme, A.
Lowengard
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Bibliography

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 8.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 87, repro.