SCULPTOR

Benvenuto Cellini

1500 - 1571

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Benvenuto Cellini (, Italian: [beɱveˈnuːto tʃelˈliːni]; 3 November 1500 – 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benvenuto Cellini has received more than 976,057 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Benvenuto Cellini is the 5th most popular sculptor (up from 6th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Italy (up from 282nd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Sculptor.

Benvenuto Cellini is most famous for his autobiography, The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, which he wrote in the 16th century. He was also a sculptor and goldsmith, and his work is on display in many museums.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Benvenuto Cellini ranks 5 out of 258Before him are Auguste Rodin, Phidias, Myron, and Praxiteles. After him are Polykleitos, Camille Claudel, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Alberto Giacometti, Lysippos, Antonio Canova, and Bertel Thorvaldsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Benvenuto Cellini ranks 4Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Rüstem Pasha, and Mahidevran. After him are Gülfem Hatun, Fatma Sultan, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Wu Cheng'en, Bartolomeo Eustachi, Hernando de Soto, John of Ávila, and Al-Mutawakkil III. Among people deceased in 1571, Benvenuto Cellini ranks 1After him are Niccolò dell'Abbate, John Sigismund Zápolya, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Mōri Motonari, Titu Cusi, Marco Antonio Bragadin, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Marfa Sobakina, and Müezzinzade Ali Pasha.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Benvenuto Cellini ranks 267 out of 5,161Before him are Pope Lucius II (1100), Pope Adeodatus I (570), Pope Celestine V (1215), Giuseppe Meazza (1910), Pope John XVIII (970), and Pope Marcellus I (255). After him are Umberto II of Italy (1904), Pope Honorius II (1100), Pertinax (126), Pope Lucius III (1110), Juvenal (50), and Pope Siricius (334).

Among SCULPTORS In Italy

Among sculptors born in Italy, Benvenuto Cellini ranks 1After him are Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), Antonio Canova (1757), Nicola Pisano (1225), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), Luca della Robbia (1399), Alessandro Algardi (1595), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Andrea Pisano (1290), Andrea della Robbia (1435), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), and Andrea Sansovino (1467).