Massimiliano Soldani Benzi

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Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740) was an Italian sculptor and mintmaker, mainly active in Florence. He is also known as Massimiliano Soldani.

Born to an aristocratic cavalry captain from Tuscany, Soldani-Benzi enjoyed Medici patronage. The finest bronze caster in Europe in the late 1600s, Taken with his work, Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici sent Soldani-Benzi to Rome to further his training in sculpture and coin-making. During his four years in Rome, Cosimo prohibited him from accepting her commissions. After Rome, Cosimo sent the artist to work with a famous medalist in Paris. Again in deference to Cosimo, Soldani-Benzi refused overtures from Louis XIV and, cutting short his visit, returned to Florence, where he was made director of the Granducal Mint.

Though trained as a medalist, Soldani-Benzi also produced bronze reliefs, figures, and busts, often after the antique. For Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein he produced a series of bronze copies of works of the Medici collection [1]

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  1. ^ Works in Liechenstein collection.
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