That is - the attribution!

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Vsretil in his Friend Ribbon. The most interesting are in bold.

His name was Benvenuto. That is to say, "Welcome." The boy was born on the night of All Saints, that is, Helluin in 1500 in Florence.

Well he was born and lived, even among the Italians of that time brutal earning flog "Devil."

Benvenuto, meanwhile, has become an excellent jeweler, best known in the history of our civilization. But, nevertheless, he wanted to raze his older sovremenikom - Mikelyanzhelo and as a sculptor.
And, perhaps, he succeeded to some extent. His major work, "Perseus" - a large bronze statue - stands on the square Senor (Dei Lanzi Lodge) 20 meters from the statue Mikelyanzhelo "David." There is an enemy and a sculpture by Cellini - Bandinelli, whom Benvenuto in his characteristic manner of crap from head to toe, however, deserves to be.

Immoral behavior, adventures in Rome, France and Florence, the magnificent, exquisite taste of his works and autobiographical book written by a "live", even "indecent" language with a great sense of humor made him an artist for a narrow circle of influential people. extant work of great rarity and price of their incalculable. In 2005, the Vienna Museum has been kidnapped, "Castor Francois 1", gold work Benvenuto. This object was most wanted by Interpol, and its price arbitrarily defined in 50 million euros. Salt shaker "found." (Most likely it was bought from the thieves, and therefore announced a modest price, it is probably worth more). During the life of Cellini's swimming in money. Francois first appointed him the same salary as Leonardo Da Vinci, and also granted the castle opposite the Louvre, in what is now Latin Quarter. Fontainebleau instructed to build Cellini, although Primaticcio stole Cellini order as a result of scheming Madame D Etampes, bitch-mistress of the king.

Benvenuto napuzhal Primaticcio to death, but still, thank God, not killed, as it usually had been.

About Benvenuto apparently hesitated to teach in schools for children. But his work is very rare and splendid. Therefore, as it so happened, that if there is a white light of a painter for the "elected" then this is definitely, Benvenuto Cellini.

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His autobiographical book republished again and again. Incidentally, the German translation was made by Goethe and Berlioz wrote an opera "Benvenuto Cellini." The book reads easily and today. She seemed to be written by a good blogger today. There is something to laugh and this book is very informative. But there is a bitterness - in the book is not his portrait. This is a general phenomenon, because when Cellini wrote this, his 600 page opus, he was under house arrest for another, this time for a mere trifle - sodomy, and time he has to make his own portrait was enough.

lack of good portrait makes life art historians, artists and publishers. In the 19 century person Cellini portrayed repeatedly in the center of the main bridge in Florence is a bust of him - and, like many other images - it was made "under descriptions" appearance, and almost nothing in common with the reality has not.
Folk legend, recorded in academic books (eg, Dr.. Sir J. Hennessy Pop) states that grim mug on his head, "Perseus" - the person Cellini. But the evidence nebylo.

There is only one image, Benvenuto, which no doubt - this is bad traced on a fresco portrait of Giorgio Vasari (Palazzo Vecchio). Vasari, Cellini himself set at naught. He called Vasari's "Dzhorzhetto-pomazushnik. In principle, Benvenuto right, because as an artist, Vasari weak. Benvenuto in this portrait depicts a profound old man, and somehow boring, what-if. Well, okay. Even if it is.

Nevertheless, we know that beautiful self-portrait of Benvenuto Cellini existed. Apparently, this is the portrait, which he did for his book. Portrait of a walnut frame hanging in the lobby of the house Benvenuto in time of his death, 1571, as a notarial record produced by the census of the property.

The same census indicates other paintings of the house Cellini, this picture Mikelyanzhelo and other great artists, because of weak works and artists Cellini could not stand.
These pictures are executed on paper rather than canvas or wood. This technique has existed in Florence, and artists have used paper (cardboard), then it was made of silk cloths, and so remained eternal. "Cardboard de tapisseri" is known from 12-13 century.
Thus, we can not exclude that Cellini has done his portrait of ink on paper - thick cardboard.

I've always wondered why the book Cellini and books about his work printed without his portraits? Is
not possible among the latter - the third character of the bas-reliefs Cellini or his sculptures to establish if there was his self-portraits?

And so I decided to clarify this matter. turned out that this problem is not complicated.

I picked up the pictures from different projects and individuals alike, from my point of view of each other, and gave this collection experts.

Thank God that the experts in this case did not act "art" in which a whole not just the eyes on the ass, but also hyper-ego, the regular nedoeba.

The most authoritative experts of the French anthropologists readily agreed to this rabotenka. Well, to make it clear - these people are comparing individuals in particularly difficult cases - say, robbed a bank, and the camera shot facial image villain with difficulty, or decomposed corpses, or even that something like that. In short, every expert's verdict can stand chya's fate. These people are serious.

And after a while I got a whole series of clear results: The person Cellini was found in the figure from the Library of Turin (the hypothesis of Dr. Pop Hennessey), the fresco by Vasari (naturally), was confirmed by a person on the back of the head of Perseus, found his face on the bas-relief "rescue Andromeda and on the shoulder of the bust of Cosimo 1 de 'Medici, Duke of Florentyskogo. But the most interesting person is found on the beautiful portrait of a private collection.

All of this discovery, and argue none zadrot of art with this can not.

However, the portrait from the private collection attracted the attention of most. I convinced the owner to make physical and chemical analysis. It is not easy, because you have to take a puncture.
Well done, though. And the analysis of pigments, and analysis of tech support (paper) (paper glued to canvas) confirmed that the 16 century. Analysis was performed with mikrofotosemkoy and all is well see firsthand.

In addition, infrared pictures in the rays of different length have shown that it is original and not copy: see how afftar reworked some cho.

Well, that's what we have? Portrait of Cellini - which meets and his other works, and frescoes by Vasari. And just know that this is 16 century - that is, during his lifetime. Know that this portrait hung in the lobby of his house.
Che's next?

It was necessary to "split" self portrait. Understand its meaning. The fact that no product of those times was not created without the subtext. Must have or game characters, or some elements of telling something about the character or author.

In this portrait is nothing. Rather, only a strange headdress. The value of this dress I could not set exactly. Neither the material nor for a style or color - nothing is certain. No disk imaging. So it took several years. Until finally, I doper.

I've found the famous, just very famous in those days mural. It is absolutely huge - somewhere 12 meters by 6. And the whole is painted as the Be shots from the movie - and all the frames depicted life Svayatogo Hermit, which is higher in the finale, all the rich aristocrats.
This pepper is not only identical to the portrait of Benvenuto cap, and beard, composition, light - all the same. It's so obvious - that the debate is meaningless.

But who could portray Cellini holy hermit except the Cellini? Smeyalso.

And although we know such a superstition, like that of Renaissance artists, he says, despised artists of the Middle Ages, and did not take their example in this case, the facts are there, and this is, as one professor of literacy with the eyes, a "fundamental discovery" with whom he had me and congratulated.

This is his self-portrait, and doubts may arise only zadrotov "art" got on his work by chance or due to persistent breeding asses - cramming, or as a result of patronage.

Generally, the "art" is always all unfamiliar strive dated 19 century - they are so relaxed. They are not at risk, and if they then poke a mug - they can always otmazatsya because "devyatnashka" she endure such a century for which there is much to hide.