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  2. Benvenuto Cellini - Wikipedia

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    Benvenuto Cellini (/ ˌ b ɛ n v ə ˈ nj uː t oʊ tʃ ɪ ˈ l iː n i, tʃ ɛ ˈ-/, Italian: [beɱveˈnuːto tʃelˈliːni]; 3 November 1500 – 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author.

  3. Perseus with the Head of Medusa - Wikipedia

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    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 Perseus and Andromeda, similar to a predella on an altarpiece. [1] It is located in the Loggia dei Lanzi in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence ...

  4. Cellini Salt Cellar - Wikipedia

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    The Saliera. The Cellini Salt Cellar (in Vienna called the Saliera, Italian for salt cellar) is a part-enamelled gold table sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini (c.1500-1571). It was completed in 1543 for Francis I of France (r.1515-1547), from silver plate models that had been prepared many years earlier for Cardinal Ippolito d'Este (c.1479-1520).

  5. Nymph of Fontainebleau - Wikipedia

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    Nymph of Fontainebleau at the Louvre (H. 2.05 m; L. 4.09 m) [1]. The Nymph of Fontainebleau (French: Nymphe de Fontainebleau), also known as the Nymph of Anet (French: Nymphe d'Anet) or the Nymph with the Stag (French: Nymphe au cerf), is a c.‑1543 bronze relief (Paris, Louvre, MR 1706 [1]), created by the Italian sculptor Benvenuto Cellini for the Château de Fontainebleau in France.

  6. Category:Sculptures by Benvenuto Cellini - Wikipedia

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    Sculptures by the Italian 16-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. Pages in category "Sculptures by Benvenuto Cellini" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.

  7. Loggia dei Lanzi - Wikipedia

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    Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa The Rape of the Sabine Women. Underneath the bay on the far left is the bronze statue of Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini. [4] It shows the mythical Greek hero holding his sword in his right hand and holding up the Medusa's severed head in his left. The well-proportioned muscular body of Perseus ...

  8. Medusa with the Head of Perseus - Wikipedia

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    The sculpture stands just over 2 metres tall. [3] [2] Garbati grew up in a small town near Florence, where Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa is prominently displayed in the Loggia Lanzi of the Piazza della Signoria; he admired Cellini's work, and wanted to

  9. Loggiato of the Uffizi - Wikipedia

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    Some of statues were positioned aptly: the Medici stand guard over the entrance to the building: Orcagna gazes on his main architectural project the Loggia dei Lanzi in front of the Signoria, while Cellini's statue is placed nearest to the city's former mint (Zecca), where he engraved some medals for the Medici.