Benvenuto Cellini

Perseus with the Head of Medusa — goldsmith and braggart

Goldsmith, sculptor, soldier, murderer, and author of the most vivid autobiography of the Renaissance. His Perseus in the Loggia dei Lanzi is a tour de force of bronze casting. The Autobiography is as important as any of his artworks — Goethe translated it.

Key works

• Perseus with the Head of Medusa1554— Bronze triumph in the Loggia dei Lanzi
  Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
• Autobiography~1558-1566— The Renaissance's most vivid self-portrait

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