Medals and coins
by Benvenuto CELLINI

In the first period of his career, Cellini produced coins, medallions, seals, and a variety of other objects. In Rome he was employed not only in the working of jewelry, but also in the execution of dies for private medals and for the papal mint. IN Florence, in the service of Alessandro de Medici, first duke of Florence, he executed coins.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
'Two Carlini' of Clemens VII
1520s
Silver
Gabinetti Numismatici, Turin

806*400
True Color
57 Kb



Medal of Clement VII (obverse)
1534
Gilt silver, diameter 4 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

403*400
True Color
32 Kb



Medal of Clement VII (two versions of the verso)
1534
Gilt silver, diameter 4 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

809*400
True Color
79 Kb



Alessandro de' Medici
1535
Struck silver testoon, diameter 3 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington

356*350
True Color
18 Kb



'Testone' of Alessandro de' Medici
1535
Gilded silver, diameter 4 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

805*400
True Color
65 Kb



'Giulio' of Alessandro de' Medici
1530s
Silver, diameter 2,6 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

807*400
True Color
62 Kb



Medal of Alessandro de' Medici
1530s
Silver, diameter 3,6 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

839*400
True Color
72 Kb



Francis I, King of France
1537
Lead medal
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

700*672
True Color
86 Kb



Medal of François I
c. 1540
Cast bronze, diameter 3,8 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

818*400
True Color
59 Kb



Seal of Cardinal Ippolito d'Este
c. 1540
Lead, 11 x 8 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon

800*1061
True Color
157 Kb



Medallion with Leda and the Swan
c. 1520
Gold, diameter 3,8 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

637*624
True Color
73 Kb




Summary of works by Benvenuto Cellini
Perseus | other bronze statues
salt cellar | medals and coins
sculptures in marble
decorated armour | graphics