Mino da Fiesole (c.
1429-
1484) was a
Florentine sculptor. He is noted for his portrait busts. His work was influenced by
Desiderio da Settignano and
Antonio Rossellino[?], and is characterized by its sharp, angular treatment of drapery.
His works include:
- a portrait bust of Piero de Medici (1453)
- a portrait bust of Niccolò Strozzi (1454)
- a bust of Astorgio Manfredi (http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=1277+0+none) (1455)
- a bust of Dietisalvi Neroni (http://www.louvre.fr/anglais/collec/sculp/rf1669/sculp_f.htm), adviser to Piero de Medici (1464)
- companion pieces of Charity (http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=127+0+none) and Faith (http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=128+0+none), most probably designed for a wall tomb (1475/1480)
Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Mino da Fiesole in his Lives of the Artists.