The life of Benvenuto Cellini, written by himself, tr. by T. Nugent, Volume 2 |
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Page 91 - ... tails were entwined with each other in a manner very pleasing to the eye, and the whole group was placed in a striking attitude. This figure was surrounded by a variety of fishes of different species, and other sea animals. The undulation of the water was properly exhibited, and likewise enamelled with its true colours. The earth I represented by a beautiful female figure holding a cornucopia in her hand, entirely naked, like the...
Page 155 - I raised the mould by windlasses and stout ropes to a perpendicular position, and suspending it with the greatest care one cubit above the level of the furnace, so that it hung exactly above the middle of the pit, I next lowered it gently down into the very bottom of the furnace, and had it firmly placed with every possible precaution for its safety. When this delicate operation was accomplished, I began to bank it up with the earth I had excavated ; and, ever as the earth grew higher...
Page 147 - ... a naked man in your life. The right leg of Hercules and that of Cacus touch at the middle of their calves, and if they were to be separated, not one of them only, but both, would remain without a calf in the place where they touch : besides, one of the feet of the Hercules is quite buried, and the other looks as if it stood upon hot coals.
Page 147 - ... a sack of melons. As he leans directly against the wall, the small of the back has the appearance of a bag filled with long cucumbers ; it is impossible to conceive in what manner the two legs are fastened to this distorted figure, for it is hard to distinguish upon which...
Page 102 - ... figures were left somewhat behind, and the eyes of all the beholders were first struck with my performance : the king immediately cried out — " This is one of the finest productions of art that ever was beheld ; I who take pleasure in such things, and understand them, could never have conceived a piece of work the hundredth part so beautiful.
Page 91 - I exhibited most of the finest animals which the earth produces, and the rocks I partly enamelled and partly left in gold. I then fixed the work on a base of black ebony of a proper thickness ; and there I placed...
Page 231 - Siena, and in that manner arrived at Pisa. The unwholesome air affected the cardinal before any of the rest, so that he was attacked by a malignant fever, which in a few days put an end to his life.* He was one of the duke's chief supports, and * Cosmo I.
Page 75 - I stooped down several times to observe what passed : the words which I heard the judge utter, upon seeing two gentlemen who wanted to hear the trial, and whom the porter was endeavouring to keep out, were these, " Be quiet, be quiet, Satan, get hence, and leave off disturbing us.
Page 111 - That excellent officer was one of the greatest men of the age in which he lived, and at the same time one of the most unfortunate. Several months had passed since I had received any money, or any order to work, insomuch that I had dismissed all my journeymen except the two Italians...
Page 159 - Upon the appearance of this extraordinary phenomenon, terror seized on all present, and on none more than myself. This tremendous noise being over, we began to stare at each other, and perceived that the cover of the furnace had burst and flown off, so that the bronze began to run. I immediately caused the mouths of my mould to be opened, but finding that the metal did not run with its usual velocity, and apprehending that the cause of...