Cellini Salt Cellar
Benvenuto Cellini · 1540
Benvenuto Cellini
France · 1500–1571
Benvenuto Cellini was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the Cellini Salt Cellar, the sculpture of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, and his autobiography, which has been described as "one of the most important documents of the 16th century". == Biography == === Youth === Benvenuto Cellini was born in Florence, in present-day Italy. His parents were Giovanni Cellini and Maria Lisabetta Granacci. They were married for 18 years before the birth of their first child.
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Cellini Salt Cellar
Benvenuto Cellini · 1540
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Benvenuto Cellini · 1545–1554
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Cellini Salt Cellar
Benvenuto Cellini · 1540
Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Cellini Salt Cellar (in Vienna called the Saliera, Italian for salt cellar) is a part-enamelled gold table sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini (c.1500 to 1571). It was completed in 1543 for Francis I of France (r.1515 to 1547), from silver plate models that had been prepared many years earlier for Cardinal Ippolito d'Este (c.1479 to 1520). Functioning as more than just an expensive condiment holder, the cellar aimed to catapult conversation among intellectuals on the underlying meanings of the work.
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Benvenuto Cellini · 1545–1554
Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture made by Benvenuto Cellini in the period 1545 to 1554. The sculpture stands on a square base which has bronze relief panels depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda, similar to a predella on an altarpiece. It is located in the Loggia dei Lanzi in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy.
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