Editing Benvenuto Cellini (section)

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Benvenuto Cellini was born in [[Florence]], in present-day Italy. His parents were Giovanni Cellini and Maria Lisabetta Granacci. They were married for 18 years before the birth of their first child. Benvenuto was the second child of the family. The son of a musician and builder of musical instruments, Cellini was pushed towards music, but when he was fifteen, his father reluctantly agreed to apprentice him to a [[goldsmith]], Antonio di Sandro, nicknamed [[Marcone]]. At the age of 16, Benvenuto had already attracted attention in Florence by taking part in an [[affray]] with youthful companions. He was banished for six months and lived in [[Siena]], where he worked for a goldsmith named Fracastoro (unrelated to the Veronese [[polymath]]). From Siena he moved to [[Bologna]], where he became a more accomplished [[cornett]] and flute player and made progress as a goldsmith.<ref>Cellini, ''Vita'', Book 1, Ch IX</ref> After a visit to [[Pisa]] and two periods of living in Florence (where he was visited by the sculptor [[Pietro Torrigiano|Torrigiano]]), he moved to Rome, at the age of nineteen.{{sfn|Rossetti|Jones|1911|p=604}}<ref>Cellini, ''Vita'', Book 1, Ch XIII</ref>