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.
LXIII, as translated by John Addington Symonds, (URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4028 date of request January 6, 2015). The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini.
Benvenuto Cellini was born in Florence, in present-day Italy. Benvenuto Cellini, (born Nov. 1, 1500, Florence—died Feb. 13, 1571, Florence), Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and writer, one of the most important Mannerist artists and, because of the lively account of himself and his period in his autobiography, one of the most … The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Volume 1 Paperback – January 1, 2010 by John Addington Symonds (Author), Benvenuto Cellini (Author) 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating
His parents were Giovanni Cellini and Maria Lisabetta Granacci. At the age of sixteen, Benvenuto had already attract… Upon his return from France to his hometown Florence in 1545, Benvenuto cast a bronze bust of Cosimo I Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany.By 1996, centuries of environmental pollution exposure had streaked and banded the statue. One of the main projects of his French period is probably the Golden Gate for the Left and right Cellini statues which would have flanked the Nymphe de Fontainebleau "Cinque anni ha tenuto per suo ragazzo Fernando di Giovanni di Montepulciano, giovanetto con el quale ha usato carnalmente moltissime volte col nefando vitio della soddomia, tenendolo in letto come sua moglie" (For five years he kept as his boy Fernando di Giovanni di Montepulciano, a youth whom he used carnally in the abject vice of sodomy numerous instances, keeping him in his bed as a wife.
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The first man I attacked was a plaintiff who had sued me; and one evening I wounded him in the legs and arms so severely, taking care, however, not to kill him, that I deprived him of the use of both his legs. Banished to After the sack of Rome he returned to Florence and in 1528 worked in Guilty of killing a rival goldsmith, Cellini was absolved by Pope Paul III; but in the following year, having wounded a notary, he fled from Rome and settled in Florence, where he executed a number of coins for In 1545 Cellini left Paris precipitately and returned to Florence, where he was welcomed by Cellini’s lasting fame is due more to his record of his own life than it is to his work as an artist.
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Besides his works in gold and silver, Cellini executed sculptures of a grander scale. First printed in
The Autobiography // Gutenberg.org., Vol. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Cellini, resisting the efforts of his father to train him as a musician, was apprenticed as a metalworker in the studio of the Florentine goldsmith Andrea di Sandro Marcone. Pour une relecture des Comptes des Bâtiments du roi", Cellini, B.
The Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith describes his life and career.
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Benvenuto was the second child of the family. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. After several years of productive work in France, but beset by almost continual professional conflicts and violence, Cellini returned to In 1548, Cellini was accused by a woman named Margherita of having committed After briefly attempting a clerical career, in 1562 he married a servant, Piera Parigi, with whom he claimed he had five children, of whom only a son and two daughters survived him.
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