Editing Benvenuto Cellini (section)

===Work in Rome===
[[File:Persee-florence.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Perseus with the Head of Medusa]]'']]
His first works in Rome were a silver [[Casket (decorative box)|casket]], silver [[candlestick]]s, and a [[vase]] for the [[bishop of Salamanca]], which won him the approval of [[Pope Clement VII]]. Another celebrated work from Rome is the gold medallion of "[[Leda and the Swan]]" executed for the [[Gonfaloniere Gabbriello Cesarino]], and which is now in the [[Museo Nazionale del Bargello]] in Florence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.hu/html_m/c/cellini/2/10medal.html|title=Medallion with Leda and the Swan by CELLINI, Benvenuto|work=wga.hu}}</ref> He also took up the cornett again, and was appointed one of the pope's court musicians.{{sfn|Rossetti|Jones|1911|p=604}}<ref>Cellini, ''Vita'', Book 1, Ch XXII.</ref>

In the attack on Rome by the imperial forces of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] under the command of [[Charles III, Duke of Bourbon]] and [[Constable of France]], Cellini's bravery proved of signal service to the [[pontiff]]. According to Cellini's own accounts, he shot and injured [[Philibert of Chalon|Philibert of Châlon, prince of Orange]]<ref>Cellini, ''Vita'', Book 1, Ch XXXVIII</ref> (and, allegedly, shot and killed Charles III resulting in the [[Sack of Rome (1527)|Sack of Rome]]). His bravery led to a reconciliation with the Florentine magistrates,<ref>Cellini, ''Vita'', Book 1, Ch XXXIX</ref> and he soon returned to his hometown of [[Florence]]. Here he devoted himself to crafting medals, the more famous of which are "[[Hercules]] and the Nemean Lion", in gold ''repoussé'' work, and "[[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] supporting the Sphere", in chased gold, the latter eventually falling into the possession of [[Francis I of France]].{{sfn|Rossetti|Jones|1911|pp=604–605}}

From [[Florence]], he went to the court of the duke of [[Mantua]], and then back to Florence. On returning to Rome, he was employed in the working of jewelry and in the execution of dies for private medals and for the [[papal mint]].{{sfn|Rossetti|Jones|1911|p=605}} In 1529, his brother Cecchino killed a Corporal of the Roman Watch and in turn was wounded by an [[arquebusier]], later dying of his wound. Soon afterward Benvenuto killed his brother's killer—an act of [[blood revenge]] but not justice as Cellini admits that his brother's killer had acted in self-defense.<ref>Cellini, ''Vita'', Book 1, Ch LI</ref> Cellini fled to [[Naples]] to shelter from the consequences of an affray with a [[Civil law notary|notary]], Ser Benedetto, whom he had wounded. Through the influence of several [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]]s, Cellini obtained a pardon. He found favor with the new pope, [[Pope Paul III|Paul III]], notwithstanding a fresh homicide during the [[interregnum]] three days after the death of Pope Clement VII in September 1534. The fourth victim was a rival goldsmith, Pompeo of Milan.<ref>Cellini, ''Vita'', Book 1, Ch LXXIII</ref>