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	Cellini, Benvenuto (b Florence, 3 Nov 1500; d Florence, 13 Feb 1571). Italian goldsmith, medallist, sculptor and writer. He was one of the foremost Italian Mannerist artists of the 16th century, working in Rome for successive popes, in France for Francis I and in Florence for Cosimo I de’ Medici. Among his most famous works are the elaborate gold figural salt made for Francis I (Vienna, Ksthist. Mus.) and the bronze statue of Perseus (Florence, Loggia Lanzi). His Vita is among the most compelling autobiographies written by an artist and is generally considered to be an important work of Italian literature.
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	Cellini, Benvenuto Display of art, §I, 4: Artificial lighting Display of art, §III, 2(ii): Sculpture, c 1500–c 1700 Florence, §II, 2(i): Art life and organization, c 1530–c 1600 France, §X, 3: Jewellery France, §XII, 3: Patronage: 16th and 17th centuries Gay and lesbian art, §1: Questions of identity, before the 1890s Humanism, §3: Humanism and the visual arts Italy, §IV, 3: Renaissance and Mannerist sculpture, c 1400–c 1600 Italy, §IV, 3(ii)(d): High Renaissance sculpture, c 1480–c 1530: Impact in Europe Italy, §IV, 3(iii)(a): Mannerist sculpture, c 1530–c 1600: Florence Italy, §IX, 1: Gold and silver Italy, §X, 6: Jewellery Mesoamerica, Pre-Columbian, §IX, 6: Mosaic Paris, §IV, 1: Centre of gold and silver production Rome, §III, 4(i): Art life and organization, 1503–49 Statuette, §II, 1(ii)(a): 16th century: Florence and Rome assistants Galeotti, Pietro Paolo Lastricati, Zanobi Tetrode, Willem Danielsz. van attributions Bijlivert: (1) Jacques Bijlivert Faenza, Antonio Gentili da Mann, Horace Mola (ii): (1) Gasparo Mola bookbindings Raymond, Vincent competitions Competition, §II, 1: Sculpture: Italy groups and movements Fontainebleau school, §2(i): First school: Work of Rosso and Primaticcio Mannerism, §5: Spread and development metalwork France, §IV, 2: Sculpture, c 1500–c 1600 coins Coins, §II, 3: Mid-15th century–17th gold Cast, §2: History and uses Gold, §2(i): Techniques: Forming Innsbruck, §3(ii): Schloss Ambras Mannerism, §4: Iconography and theory Ornament and pattern, §II, 3(ii): Western Renaissance and Mannerist Salt jewellery Jewellery, §2: 1500–1630 niello Italy, §X, 5: Niello and enamel patrons and collectors Altoviti, Bindo Altoviti, Bindo Clement VII, Pope (reg 1523-34) Medici, de’: (8) Clement VII Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (reg 1569-74) Bandinelli, Baccio, §1(iv): c 1542–1560 Medici, de’: (14) Cosimo I de’ Medici Diane de Poitiers, Duchesse de Valentinois Diane de Poitiers Ercole II, 4th Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Este (i): (10) Ercole II d’Este Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, Count of Tyrol (reg 1564-95) Catalogue, §2: Collection catalogues Francis I, King of France (reg 1515-47) Lallemant Table services and ornament Valois, House of: (14) Francis I, §1: Architecture Valois, House of: (14) Francis I, §2: Painting, sculpture and other arts Gonzaga, Ercole, Cardinal Gonzaga: (10) Ercole Gonzaga Philip II, King of Spain (reg 1556-98) Habsburg, §II: (2) Philip II, King of Spain Salviati, Giovanni, Cardinal Salviati pupils Tasso, Giovan Battista di Marco del sculpture busts Bust, §III: Renaissance and Baroque crucifixes Escorial, §3: Decoration fountains Fountain, §IV, 2: Western world: Renaissance lunettes Façade decoration, §III, 4: Sculpture: High Renaissance and Baroque mythological Monument, public, §4: Renaissance, Mannerism and Baroque Statue, §2(i): After c 1400: Private works of art nude figures Nude, §2: Middle Ages and Renaissance, to 1600 plaquettes Plaquette, §1: Function reliefs Anet Mannerism, §3(i): Formal language: Movement statuettes Statuette, §II, 2(ii): Renaissance and Baroque: France teachers Bandinelli, Baccio writings Italy, §XVII, 1: Historiography, 14th–16th centuries Paragone on sculpture Treatise, §III: Sculptural

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