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Perseo (Perseus) 1545-54 by Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) |
Cellini was given the commission to carry out the Perseus in 1545, by Cosimo I. Three years later, however, after having seen a life side model of the sculpture, the Duke tried to put Cellini off completing it because he was convinced that it would be impossible to cast it with the head of the Medusa hanging from the hands of Perseus.
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