page_title: Portraits of Benvenuto Cellini
section_title: Sculpture by Ulisse Cambi
hierarchical_section_title: Portraits of Benvenuto Cellini / Benvenuto Cellini on Other Works / Sculpture by Ulisse Cambi
caption_attribution_description: English: Bust of Benvenuto Cellini, by Raffaello Romanelli (1901), at the centre of the Ponte Vecchio, Firenze, Italy. Photo by Thermos. English: Monumento a Benvenuto Cellini, di Raffaello Romanelli (1901), al centro di Ponte Vecchio, a Firenze. Foto di Thermos
context_page_description: There are several portraits of the Italian goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. Including self-portraits and portraits of him by other artists. Benvenuto Cellini's physical appearance is determined based on a number of his lifetime portraits. However, due to a few known portraits from the 17th – 20th century, where the artists drew Cellini's facial traits from their imagination, as well as because of past posthumous erroneous attributions, there is a level of confusion on this subject.
context_section_description: The architect Giorgio Vasari and his successor Bernardo Buontoletti left 28 spare niches in the walls of colonnade of the Uffizi palace.  A portrait of Benvenuto Cellini made by Ulisse Cambi (1807–1895) was installed in one of the niches. A marble statue more than 3 meters tall was unveiled to the public the 24th of June in 1845.
  The portrait is entirely the plot of Cambi's imagination. His interpretation of Benvenuto's image and sculpture as a whole triggered sharp criticism from the public.
caption: Romanelli Raffaello. ‘Bust of Benvenuto Cellini’. (1900). Ponto Vecchio, Florence
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