Cellini Salt Cellar

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The Cellini Salt Cellar is a renowned 16th-century gold and enamel table sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini, celebrated as a masterpiece of Mannerist decorative art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mannerist artwork
gold sculpture
salt cellar
table sculpture
artForm goldsmithing
artHistoricalSignificance masterpiece of Mannerist goldsmith work
one of the most famous works by Benvenuto Cellini
artist Benvenuto Cellini NERFINISHED
catalogCode Kunstkammer 928 NERFINISHED
collection Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Francis I of France NERFINISHED
completionDate 1543
countryOfOrigin France
creator Benvenuto Cellini NERFINISHED
culturalHeritageStatus icon of Renaissance goldsmithing
currentLocation Kunsthistorisches Museum NERFINISHED
depicts Neptune NERFINISHED
Tellus NERFINISHED
allegory of sea and earth
function table salt container
genre Mannerism
hasPart figure of Neptune NERFINISHED
figure of Tellus
ship-shaped salt container
temple-like receptacle for pepper
height 26 cm
imageDepicts reclining nude figures
inception 1540
inscriptionLanguage Latin
length 33.5 cm
locatedIn Austria
Vienna
material ebony
enamel
gold
ivory
precious stones
movement Mannerism NERFINISHED
notableEvent stolen from Kunsthistorisches Museum in 2003
originallyOwnedBy Francis I of France NERFINISHED
period 16th century
placeOfCreation France NERFINISHED
recoveredOn 2006
style Italian Mannerism NERFINISHED
subjectMatter mythological figures
personifications of sea and land
theftLocation Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna NERFINISHED
use court tableware

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Benvenuto Cellini notableWork Cellini Salt Cellar