Benvenuto Cellini
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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".
Bust of Benvenuto Cellini on the Ponte Vecchio, Florence
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
Statue of Cellini, Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence
The Nymph of Fontainebleau, by Benvenuto Cellini, now in the Louvre (1542)
Goldsmith
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A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Nowadays they mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, goldsmiths have also made silverware, platters, goblets, decorative and serviceable utensils, and ceremonial or religious items.
The Baqdadi goldsmith by Kamal-ol-molk
A goldsmith workshop during the mid-seventeenth century
Aztec father teaches his son to cast gold
A Brahmin goldsmith from Goa, 16th century India