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Giovanni Cellini

Biographies

Cecie Stainer

The father of Benvenuto Cellini, b. in Florence; d. there of the pest, 1527 or 1528. Was first an architect but then became a lute and viol maker. His viols, made about 1500-5, had a great reputation.

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