The Cup is believed to have been created by Reinhold Vasters, a German goldsmith who worked in Aachen from 1853 to 1890. Vasters is

now believed to be the sole author of many pieces that had previously been attributed as masterpieces of Renaissance ewellery.So closely

did Vasters' Rospigliosi Cup resemble Cellini’s style, it is unlikely that the truth about the forgery would ever have been known, if Vasters'

preliminary sketches had not been found. Vasters was a highly skilled artisan, as well as a master of replicating another artist’s style

precisely. It was not until the Rospigliosi Cup was taken apart that it became clear that the cup had been assembled in ways that were not

available until Vasters' own time. The Cup is now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.

45 MET MUSEUM ARTWORKS FOUND TO BE FORGERIES

The objects include the famous Rospigliosi Cup, which was traditionally attributed to Benvenuto Cellini but which in recent years has

Forgery, nur durch Zufall

(Zeichnungen) entdeckt

Bis 1980?? In

Kunstbüchern Cellini

zugeordnet !

kein Cellini !