Museums and Public Art Galleries:
 Benvenuto Cellini at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Fitzwilliam Museum PHAROS Website, Cambridge, UK
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Hercules Pendant, 1540
Satyr, 1542
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Benvenuto Cellini at the Louvre Museum, Paris
The Nymph of Fontainebleau, bronze, 1542-43
Louvre Museum Database, Paris
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French) NEW!
Benvenuto Cellini at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
3 works by Benvenuto Cellini
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")
Satyr, 1542
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
21 works by or related to the artist
Drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Frick Collection, New York City
Ganymede, bronze
Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome (in Italian)
State Museums of Florence, Italy
Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, 1549
Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici, 1545-48
Pictures from Image Archives:
Benvenuto Cellini in the Art Renewal Center
Benvenuto Cellini in the Web Gallery of Art 
Wikimedia Commons Image Database 
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
1200 Years of Italian Sculpture (mostly in Italian)
Aiwaz Panopticon
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
(a welcome screen is displayed for a couple of seconds before the search results appear)
California State University WorldImages Database
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)
Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project 
Perseus and Medusa
Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project
Cosimo I
PBase Photo Sharing
(Tip: Set the image size to "original" to see photos at their highest resolution)
University of Michigan SILS Art Image Browser
Miscellaneous Sites:
The Fine Arts Conservancy, Florida
Interesting before-and-after examples of artwork restorations
Satyr, ink and black chalk drawing
The Modernist Journals Project
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Benvenuto Cellini 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 75-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Dictionary of Art Historians NEW!
Biographical entry with emphasis on the subject's contribution to the art historical research
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes) NEW!
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon. | |
search inside
My Life (Oxford World's Classics)
search inside
Cellini and the Principles of Sculpture
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