Bust of Bishop Leonardo Salutati - Springfield, MA
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N 42° 06.218 W 072° 35.102
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This replica of the bust of Bishop Leonardo Salutati is located in the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum in Springfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WMK4AX
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2014
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A placard at the Museum indicates that this is a plaster cast by Oronzio Lelli of the original marble by Mino de Giovanni in 1466.
This website (
visit link) informs us about the original:
"This monument commemorates Leonardo Salutati, who was Bishop of Fiesole, the small city on the outskirts of Florence. The base supporting the bust is carved with the Salutati coat of arms, and signed 'OPVS MINI' (the work of Mino). An inscription on the sarcophagus (not part of the plaster cast), also inscribed in Latin, identifies the monument. This can be translated as: 'The bones of Leonardo Salutati, civil and papal legate and bishop of Fiesole, while still living, erected (this monument) to himself. Farewell reader, and help me with your prayers. 1466'."