Cellini Ganymede Marble

Benvenuto cellini who was born in florence on november 1 1500 and was one of the most renowned sculptor goldsmiths of the renaissance crafted numerous works celebrating the nude body male and female with mannerist elegance and erotic undertones he is equally renowned in the early twenty first century for his swashbuckling bisexual life and his socially.

Cellini ganymede marble.

He was one of the most important artists of mannerism he is remembered for his skill in making pieces. Benvenuto cellini ˌ b ɛ n v ə ˈ nj uː t oʊ tʃ ɪ ˈ l iː n i tʃ ɛ ˈ italian. Daniele da volterra bust of michelangelo. Preview picture data.

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 picturesque figures of the renaissance. Michelangelo david apollo 1530. Benvenuto cellini born nov. Marble diameter 80 cm.

3 november 1500 13 february 1571 was an italian goldsmith sculptor draftsman soldier musician and artist who also wrote poetry and a famous autobiography. His marble works recall the smooth delicacy of antique greek statuary examples of which were known by cellini. Though the present group is clearly inspired by the cellini ganymede now in the bargello florence it is not a plaster cast of it as stated in the inventory of plaster casts. And the narcissus which.

Although cellini was unaccustomed to working in marble he proved that he can handle it superbly well. Cellini resisting the efforts of his father to train him as a musician. Narcissus 1540s marble height 149 cm museo nazionale del bargello florence. Ganymede 1540s marble height 106 cm museo nazionale del bargello florence.

Cellini s composition is an entirely new interpretation of the subject that does not follow michelangelo s iconography with the figure astride the eagle. For carving his ganymede cellini used greek marble which cosimo i de medici had ordered specially. After 1548 cellini produced three marble statues of mythological subjects all in bargello. Verrocchio david 1475.

Since the block was fairly large he managed to get a narcissus out of it as well. Benvenuto cellini ganymede 1545 1547. It seems to be related to a lost ideal work by thomas campbell although it is unclear whether it is a plaster cast after campbell s ganymede or a model for it. The ganymede 1548 50 which was constructed by adding head arms feet and a base with an eagle to an antique torso given to cosimo i by stefano colonna d.

For carving his ganymede cellini used greek marble which cosimo i de medici had ordered specially. 1 1500 florence died feb. The group of apollo and hyacinth.