# Salt Cellar \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CELLINI, Benvenuto]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Gold, enamel and ebony ## Commentary The two recumbent male figures that decorate the wooden base and support the whole composition are modelled on Michelangelo"s two marble statues in the Sagrestia Nuova in San Lorenzo, Florence. The figure shown the picture is based on <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/medici/2lorenz4.html'\)" HREF="/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/medici/2lorenz4.html">Michelangelo's Dusk.</A> ## Related artworks - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Apollo and Hyacinth \(detail\)]() - [Apollo and Hyacinth]() - [Apollo and Hyacinth]() - [Apollo]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Danaë]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Jupiter]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Mercury]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Minerva]() - [Bust of Bindo Altoviti]() - [Bust of Cosimo I \(detail\)]() - [Bust of Cosimo I \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()