Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor and painter (died 1571)

Benvenuto Cellini

Italian goldsmith and sculptor (1500–1571)

Benvenuto Cellini was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the Cellini Salt Cellar, the sculpture of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, and his autobiography, which has been described as "one of the most important documents of the 16th…