Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Saliera (Salt Cellar) 1540–1543 Gold, enamel, ebony, ivory, 28.5 × 21.5 × 26.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The only extant work in gold by this Florentine artist already famous during his lifetime, Cellini’s masterpiece is far more than a…
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Le demon du jeu (The Demon of the Game) 1928 Oil on canvas, 160 x 66 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Andrea Doria come Nettuno (Portrait of Andrea Doria in the Guise of Neptune) c.1545–1546 Oil on canvas, 149 x 199.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Paolo Giovio commissioned this portrait from Bronzino for a museum that…