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The bronze possibly reflects a model made by the Florentine sculptor and goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini for one of a series of twelve life-size silver statues, six each of gods and goddesses, commissioned by Francis I of France to stand as candelabra in his dining hall. Cellini produced wax models of Jupiter, Juno, Apollo and Vulcan while in Paris in 1540, and bronzes associated with the Jupiter and Juno also survive. Only the lost silver figure of Jupiter was completed before Cellini left France in 1545.\r\n\r\nBenvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) was trained as a goldsmith in Florence. He developed great skill and originality in hi techniques. He lived a dramatic but vibrant life which is documented in his aitobiography (unfinished, but published in 1728). This book was translated by many writers, one of them Goethe and was the basis for Berlioz’ opera ‘Benvenuto Cellini’ (1837). As a sculptor he has a Mannerist style, which is elaborate, elegant and precious. 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