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,
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)
Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture made by Benvenuto Cellini in the period 1545–1554. The sculpture stands on a square base which has bronze relief panels depicting the story of Per
Benvenuto Cellini
…1500 – 13 February 1571) 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". Benvenuto Cellini was born in Florence…
The sculpture in 2013
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
The base of the sculpture, Perseus's feet on the slain Medusa's headless corpse