The Bust of Pietro Mellini (by Benedetto da Maiano)
Sydney Elmer Schofield (1901 - 1983)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1940 - 1983
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
670 x 565 mm
Place of origin
Cornwall
Order this imageCollection
Godolphin, Cornwall
NT 169584
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Bust of Pietro Mellini (by Benedetto da Maiano) by Sydney Schofield (1901 - Cornwall 1983). This one of a sculptural marble bust of Pietro Mellini (1474) by Benedetto da Maiano in the Bargello, Florence.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Mrs Mary Schofield (1917 -2008); bought by the National Trust in 2007
Credit line
Godolphin, The Schofield Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sydney Elmer Schofield (1901 - 1983), artist after Benedetto da Maiano (1442 - Florence 1497), sculptor