biography
pronunciation:
[cheleenee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1500–71)
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| biography:
| Goldsmith, sculptor, engraver, and writer, born in Florence, NC Italy. He is particularly known for his autobiography (1558–62). By his own account, it seems he had no scruples about murdering or maiming his rivals, and at the siege of Rome (1527) he killed the Constable de Bourbon. He was several times imprisoned. His best work includes the gold saltcellar made for Francis I of France, and his bronze ‘Perseus’. He lived at times in Rome, Mantua, Naples, and Florence. |
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