Cellini S Salt Cellar Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna A Flickr This photo depicts what is considered the most expensive salt and pepper container in the world. made of gold, ivory and enamel and designed to contain dispensing salt and pepper during a meal, the table ornament was created by renaissance italian artist benvenuto cellini in 1540 1543 for king francis i of france. francis' grandson, king charles ix, later gifted it to the family of his wife. Benvenuto cellini, salt cellar, 1540 43, gold, enamel, ebony, and ivory, 28.5 x 21.5 x 26.3 cm (kunsthistorisches museum, vienna). this mannerist salt bowl (the triumphal arch held the peppercorns!) is the only extant work in gold by cellini that has been securely identified.
Cellini Salt Cellar Detail With Triumphal Arch For Peppe Flickr Saliera. the only extant work in gold by this florentine artist already famous during his lifetime, cellini’s masterpiece is far more than a precious salt and pepper cellar. its decorative program turns it into an allegory of the cosmos, represented here by the deities neptune (sea) and tellus (earth) as well as by the depictions of the times. The cellini salt cellar (in vienna called the saliera, italian for salt cellar) is a part enamelled gold table sculpture by benvenuto cellini (c.1500 1571). it was completed in 1543 for francis i of france (r.1515 1547), from silver plate models that had been prepared many years earlier for cardinal ippolito d'este (c.1479 1520). Once inside the kunstkammer, go straight on through the galleries until you can’t go any further and have to turn left or right. on the left is gallery 24 (saal xxiv) and inside is the saliera. address: burgring 7, 1010 vienna. last modified: june 19, 2024. local info and background on the cellini salt cellar in vienna's kunstkammer. Benvenuto cellini, salt cellar, 1540 43, gold, enamel, ebony, and ivory, 28.5 x 21.5 x 26.3 cm (kunsthistorisches museum, vienna; photo: steven zucker, cc by nc sa 2.0) this object takes the form of an oval base, on which two nude figures sit facing each other. their smooth finish is the result of hours spent painstakingly hammering them into.
Saliera Or Salt Cellar Of Benvenuto Cellini Kunsthistorisches Museum Once inside the kunstkammer, go straight on through the galleries until you can’t go any further and have to turn left or right. on the left is gallery 24 (saal xxiv) and inside is the saliera. address: burgring 7, 1010 vienna. last modified: june 19, 2024. local info and background on the cellini salt cellar in vienna's kunstkammer. Benvenuto cellini, salt cellar, 1540 43, gold, enamel, ebony, and ivory, 28.5 x 21.5 x 26.3 cm (kunsthistorisches museum, vienna; photo: steven zucker, cc by nc sa 2.0) this object takes the form of an oval base, on which two nude figures sit facing each other. their smooth finish is the result of hours spent painstakingly hammering them into. According to cellini, the cardinal’s companions offered their suggestions for the salt cellar’s subject, which he summarily dismissed. “the cardinal, who was a very kindly listener, showed extreme satisfaction with the designs which these two able men of letters had described in words,” he writes. “then i turned to the two scholars. Benvenuto cellini, salt cellar, 1540 43, gold, enamel, ebony, and ivory, 28.5 x 21.5 x 26.3 cm (kunsthistorisches museum, vienna). this mannerist salt bowl (the triumphal arch held the peppercorns!) is the only extant work in gold by cellini that has been securely identified. it depicts a personification of the sea (the male figure) and the earth (the female figure) and was commissioned by.
Cellini Salt Cellar Benvenuto Cellini Salt Cellar 1540 Flickr According to cellini, the cardinal’s companions offered their suggestions for the salt cellar’s subject, which he summarily dismissed. “the cardinal, who was a very kindly listener, showed extreme satisfaction with the designs which these two able men of letters had described in words,” he writes. “then i turned to the two scholars. Benvenuto cellini, salt cellar, 1540 43, gold, enamel, ebony, and ivory, 28.5 x 21.5 x 26.3 cm (kunsthistorisches museum, vienna). this mannerist salt bowl (the triumphal arch held the peppercorns!) is the only extant work in gold by cellini that has been securely identified. it depicts a personification of the sea (the male figure) and the earth (the female figure) and was commissioned by.
Cellini Salt Cellar Benvenuto Cellini Salt Cellar 1540 Flickr
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