(February 2014) Polo Players Original by Eleonora Villani Original piece, first casting of a limited edition, produced for the exhibition “Florence to Florence” in the Year of Italian Culture in the United States. The artist Eleonora Villani that works in the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry of Florence, has created a sketch of…
(Second half of 2000) In the second half of 2000 began the construction of the first building for the new headquarters of the Marinelli Foundry in Barberino Val d‘Elsa, Florence. The transfer will take place in the autumn of 2001.. The industrial area of Rifredi, on the outskirts of the city, where Ferdinando Marinelli…
(June 2008) It was organized a workshop in Florence study on the technique of lost-wax casting used in 400’s in Florence by Ghiberti for the casting of the Gate of Paradise panels. For this purpose, the Marinelli Foundry, in collaboration with the National Research Council CNR and the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany…
(April 2009) In the stand of ST@RT (Science and Technology for the architectural artistic and archaeological heritage of Tuscany) in Ferrara last April 2009, where have been presented new techniques for the restoration and cleaning of bronze surfaces through laser, was exhibited an archaeological posthumous first edition original “identical” made by Marinelli Foundry (the…
(March 2005) In March 2005, some castings of Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry created by Onofrio Pepe were on display, along with its Door of Myth, in the square of the Uffizi in Florence.
(April 2009) The publication of Volume LXXV of 2009 of the magazine “Etruscan Studies” edited by National Institute for Etruscan and Italic Studies of Florence, has been possible thanks to the sponsorship of the Marinelli Foundry.
(February 2002) In February 2002, the fountain of the Wild Boar, one of the most famous monuments of Florence, has been replaced by a posthumous first edition original made by the Marinelli Foundry.
(July 2008) For the campaign of replacing the originals with replicas, the Marinelli Foundry performed the casting of an “identical” of high museal quality of Giambologna’s Bacchus, placed on July 20, 2008 in the niche at the ‘beginning’ of the Ponte Vecchio.
(July 2008) For the campaign of replacing the originals with replicas, the Marinelli Foundry performed the casting of an “identical” of high museal quality of Giambologna’s Bacchus, placed on July 20, 2008 in the niche at the ‘beginning’ of the Ponte Vecchio.
(October 2011) The nineteenth century copy of the ‘Porcellino’ by Tacca was replaced in 1998 by a Marinelli posthumous first edition original, because deteriorated from numerous visits of thousands of tourists. The posthumous first edition original cast by Marinelli has also suffered damages: the constant rubbing of the boar snout with hands, has consumed…
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