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Benvenuto Cellini

Benvenuto Cellini

Born: 1 November 1500, Florence
Died: 14 February 1571, Florence

BENVENUTO CELLINI was one of the most larger-than-life figures of the Italian Renaissance. A celebrated sculptor, goldsmith, author and soldier, but also a hooligan and even a killer. The son of a musician and builder of musical instruments, Cellini's first major brush with the law came as an early teenager. He was banished from his native Florence for his alleged role in a fight. As a result, he received his early artistic training not only from the Florentine goldsmith, Marcone [Antonio di Sandro], but also from Francesco Castoro, a goldsmith of Siena. After further visits to Bologna and Pisa, Cellini was allowed to return to Florence and continue his work there. In 1519 Cellini moved to Rome, remaining until the city's fall to the Spanish Emperor in 1527. Among Cellini's works dating to this early period in his career is a gold medallion with carved stone inset, "Leda and the Swan,"......


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