On February 13, 1571, 451 years ago, a restless and eccentric goldsmith and sculptor, one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance died in Florence, where he was born November 3, 1500: Benvenuto Cellini. Here we are with another of the ranks of those very high minds who have been able to draw the most sublime inspirations of art from Catholic sentiment.
In The Life of Benvenuto Cellini written by himself, which, between 1558 and 1565, he dictated to his apprentice Michele di Goro, we find…