![]() ![]() Another celebrated work from Rome is the gold medallion of " Leda and the Swan" executed for the Gonfaloniere Gabbriello Cesarino, and which is now in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. His first works in Rome were a silver casket, silver candlesticks, and a vase for the bishop of Salamanca, which won him the approval of Pope Clement VII. ![]() Work in Rome Perseus with the Head of Medusa After a visit to Pisa and two periods of living in Florence (where he was visited by the sculptor Torrigiano), he moved to Rome, at the age of nineteen. From Siena he moved to Bologna, where he became a more accomplished cornett and flute player and made progress as a goldsmith. He was banished for six months and lived in Siena, where he worked for a goldsmith named Fracastoro (unrelated to the Veronese polymath). At the age of 16, Benvenuto had already attracted attention in Florence by taking part in an affray with youthful companions. The son of a musician and builder of musical instruments, Cellini was pushed towards music, but when he was fifteen, his father reluctantly agreed to apprentice him to a goldsmith, Antonio di Sandro, nicknamed Marcone. Benvenuto was the second child of the family. They were married for 18 years before the birth of their first child. His parents were Giovanni Cellini and Maria Lisabetta Granacci. ![]() Biography Youth īenvenuto Cellini was born in Florence, in present-day Italy. 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". Benvenuto Cellini ( / ˌ b ɛ n v ə ˈ nj uː t oʊ tʃ ɪ ˈ l iː n i, tʃ ɛ ˈ-/, Italian: 3 November 1500 – 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. ![]()
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