Bust of Eleonora Duse at The Gallery of Modern Art of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy

Arrigo Minerbi (10th February 1881 - 9th May 1961) was an Italian sculptor. Minerbi was the favourite artist of Gabriele D'Annunzio, for whom he produced "Luisa", a portrait of D'Annunzio's mother (as well as the tomb in the Chiesa di San Cetteo at Pescara, now Pescara Cathedral) and the bust of Eleonora Duse: both these portrait busts were exhibited at the Vittoriale degli Italiani of Gardone Riviera. In 1937 he was commissioned to produce the first (from the left) of five bronze doors for M