Cellini Salt Cellar
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The '''Cellini Salt Cellar''' (in Vienna called the '''Saliera''' - [[Italian language|Italian]] for [[salt cellar]]) is a part-[[Vitreous enamel|enamelled]] gold table sculpture by [[Benvenuto Cellini]]. It was completed in 1543 for [[Francis I of France]], from models that had been prepared many years earlier for Cardinal [[Ippolito d'Este]]. The Cellini Salt Cellar depicts a male figure representing the [[sea]] and a female figure that represents the [[earth]]. A small vessel meant to hold salt is placed next to the male figure. | The '''Cellini Salt Cellar''' (in Vienna called the '''Saliera''' - [[Italian language|Italian]] for [[salt cellar]]) is a part-[[Vitreous enamel|enamelled]] gold table sculpture by [[Benvenuto Cellini]]. It was completed in 1543 for [[Francis I of France]], from models that had been prepared many years earlier for Cardinal [[Ippolito d'Este]]. The Cellini Salt Cellar depicts a male figure representing the [[sea]] and a female figure that represents the [[earth]]. A small vessel meant to hold salt is placed next to the male figure. | ||
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"Many of the wealthiest and best- informed Renaissance patrons throughout Italy and Northern Europe were avid sponsors of what we would call craft or decorative arts — miniatures, carved gems, medals, majolica ware, fancy inkwells, sumptuous inlaid coffers — which are often valued more highly in Renaissance inventories than paintings or sculptures ." --The Invention of Art: A Cultural History, 38, Larry Shiner, 2003 |
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The Cellini Salt Cellar (in Vienna called the Saliera - Italian for salt cellar) is a part-enamelled gold table sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini. It was completed in 1543 for Francis I of France, from models that had been prepared many years earlier for Cardinal Ippolito d'Este. The Cellini Salt Cellar depicts a male figure representing the sea and a female figure that represents the earth. A small vessel meant to hold salt is placed next to the male figure.
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