Editing Benvenuto Cellini (section)

===Decorative art and portraiture===
[[File:BasílicaElEscorialCrucifijo.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Cellini's Crucifix at [[El Escorial]] Monastery]]
Among his art works, many of which have perished, were a colossal [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]] for a fountain at [[Fontainebleau]] and the bronzes of the doorway, coins for the Papal and Florentine states, a life-sized silver [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]], and a bronze bust of [[Bindo Altoviti]]. The works of decorative art are florid in style.{{sfn|Rossetti|Jones|1911|p=605}}
[[File:Benvenuto cellini, leda e il cigno.JPG|thumb|left|[[Leda and the Swan]].]]
[[File:Saliera.png|thumb|left|Cellini's ''[[Cellini Salt Cellar|Saliera]]'', made in Paris, 1540–1543; Gold, partly covered in enamel, with an ebony base.]]
In addition to the bronze statue of [[Perseus]] and the medallions previously referred to, the works of art in existence today are a medallion of [[Clement VII]] commemorating the peace between the Christian princes, 1530, with a bust of the pope on the reverse and a figure of Peace setting fire to a heap of arms in front of the temple of [[Janus (mythology)|Janus]], signed with the artist's name; a signed portrait medal of Francis; a medal of Cardinal [[Pietro Bembo]];{{sfn|Rossetti|Jones|1911|p=605}} and the celebrated gold, enamel and ivory {{citation needed|date=September 2013}} salt cellar (known as ''[[Cellini Salt Cellar|Saliera]]'') made for [[Francis I of France]] at [[Vienna]]. This intricate 26-cm-high sculpture, of a value conservatively estimated at 58,000,000 schilling, was commissioned by Francis I. Its principal figures are a naked sea god and a woman, sitting opposite each other with legs entwined, symbolically representing the planet [[Earth]]. ''Saliera'' was stolen from the [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]] on 11 May 2003 by a thief who climbed scaffolding and smashed windows to enter the museum. The thief set off the alarms, but these were ignored as false, and the theft remained undiscovered until 8:20&nbsp;am. On 21 January 2006 the ''Saliera'' was recovered by the Austrian police and later returned to the Kunsthistorisches Museum where it is now back on [[Kunstkammer]] display.<ref name="Kunstkammer">''[http://tourism.khm.at/en/news-packages/news/kunstkammer/ Spectacular reopening of the Kunstkammer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024111002/http://tourism.khm.at/en/news-packages/news/kunstkammer/ |date=24 October 2013 }}'', [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]]</ref> 

One of the more important works by Cellini from late in his career was a life-size nude [[crucifix]] carved from [[marble]]. Although originally intended to be placed over his tomb, this crucifix was sold to the [[Medici]] family who gave it to Spain. Today the crucifix is in the [[Escorial Monastery]] near [[Madrid]], where it has usually been displayed in an altered form – the monastery added a loincloth and a [[crown of thorns]]. For detailed information about this work, see the text by [[Juan López Gajate]] in the [[#Further reading|Further Reading section]] of this article. Cellini, while employed at the [[papal mint]] at Rome during the papacy of [[Clement VII]] and later of [[Paul III]], created the dies of several coins and medals, some of which still survive at this now-defunct mint. He was also in the service of [[Alessandro de Medici]], first duke of Florence, for whom he made in 1535 a 40-soldi piece with a bust of the duke on one side and standing figures of the saints Cosima and Damian on the other. Some connoisseurs attribute to his hand several plaques, "Jupiter crushing the Giants," "Fight between Perseus and [[Boast of Cassiopeia|Phineus]]", a Dog, etc.{{sfn|Rossetti|Jones|1911|p=605}} Other works, such as the [[Portraits of Benvenuto Cellini|portrait]] bust shown, are not directly attributed but are instead attributed to his workshop.