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The Cellini Salt Cellar (in Vienna called the Saliera, Italian for salt cellar) is a part-enamelled gold table sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini. It was completed in 1543 for Francis I of France, from models that had been prepared many years earlier for Cardinal Ippolito d'Este.

Cellini Salt Cellar
Italian: Saliera
Artist	Benvenuto Cellini
Year	1543 (1543)
Type	Partly enameled gold sculpture
Dimensions	26 cm × 33.5 cm (10 in × 13.2 in)
Location	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The cellar is the only remaining work of precious metal which can be reliably attributed to Cellini.[1] It was created in the Mannerist style of the late Renaissance and allegorically portrays Terra e Mare (Land and Sea).[1] In Cellini's description, the sea was represented by a male figure reclining beside a ship for holding the salt; the earth he "fashioned like a woman" and placed a temple near her to serve as a receptacle for pepper.[2][3] The salt cellar is made of ivory, rolled gold, and vitreous enamel. The gold is not cast in a mould but hammered by hand into its delicate shape. It stands about 26 cm tall. The base is about 33.5 cm wide and features bearings to roll it around.^{[citation needed]}

It came into the possession of the Habsburgs as a gift by Charles IX of France to Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol, who had acted as a proxy for Charles in his wedding to Elisabeth of Austria.[4] It was originally part of the Habsburg art collection at Castle Ambras, but was transferred to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna during the 19th century.

Theft and recovery

On 11 May 2003, the cellar was stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, which was covered by scaffolding at that time due to reconstruction works. The thief set off the alarms, but these were ignored as false, and the theft remained undiscovered until 8:20 am.[5] The museum offered a reward of €1,000,000 for its recovery. The cellar was recovered on 21 January 2006, buried in a lead box in a forest near the town of Zwettl, Austria, about 90 km north of Vienna. The thief, Robert Mang,[6][7] turned himself in after police released surveillance photos of the suspect which were subsequently recognized by acquaintances.[8]

The sculpture is insured for an estimated $60 million (approx. $68.3 million in CPI-adjusted 2012 United States dollars[9]) by Uniqa Insurance Group, an Austrian insurance company.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saliera.

• Saliera at the Kunsthistorisches Museum's site

На других языках

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[de] Saliera

Die Saliera (italienisch Salz- oder Pfefferfass) ist ein vom italienischen Bildhauer und Goldschmied Benvenuto Cellini für Franz I. von Frankreich von 1540 bis 1543 angefertigtes Tafelgerät. Es wird in der permanenten Ausstellung in der Kunstkammer des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien aufbewahrt.

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- [en] Cellini Salt Cellar

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[es] Salero de Francisco I de Francia

El Salero de Francisco I de Francia (en Viena se le llama por su nombre italiano, Saliera) es una obra de Benvenuto Cellini, que forma parte de la colección de artes decorativas del Kunsthistorisches en Viena. Sus dimensiones son 26 centímetros de alto y con una base de alrededor de 33,5 cm de ancho.[1] Está realizado con marfil, oro y esmalte.

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[it] Saliera di Francesco I di Francia

La Saliera di Francesco I è un'opera scultorea in ebano, oro e smalto, realizzata da Benvenuto Cellini al tempo del suo soggiorno in Francia, tra il 1540 e il 1543. Di piccolo formato (è alta 26 cm), è considerato universalmente il capolavoro d'oreficeria dell'artista e uno degli oggetti più significativi del Manierismo europeo.

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