The Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica, cast by Ferdinando Marinelli’s family foundry in 1950, will be opened on December 8th by Pope Francis to commence the Jubilee year. In anticipation of this event, Vatican Radio sent seasoned reporter, Veronica Scarisbrick, to visit the foundry and report on the ancient craft behind the Holy Doors. The…
Simultaneously with the exhibition “Power and Pathos” at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute invited the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry in organizing an exhibition of pictures related to the ‘lost wax’ casting technique.
After the success of our exhibition “The Ages of Bronze” we are happy to present, from July 29 to September 13, 2015, a selection of our bronzes in the wonderful context of Il Salviatino. Info
On the occasion of the exhibition “Power and Pathos” at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, the Director of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Dr. J.M. Bradburne, has organized a workshop with other experts of ancient bronzes about the techniques of lost wax casting. Read the publication
The American art historian Victoria Avery of the Fitzwilliam Museum who a few months ago launched the news of having discovered two new sculptures by Michelangelo in bronze (news that has been published in all the world press), on June 22nd will come to visit the Foundry Artistic Ferdinando Marinelli to discuss this discovery. And…
Due to the huge success of the exhibition, The Ages of Bronze is extended until July 20th.
The bronze work will be donated on the occasion of an inaugural event to be held on 13 June to which the Holy Father, Pope Francis, has been invited for the blessing. This authentic masterpiece taken from Michelangelo’s original model will inaugurate a new section of the Vatican Museums dedicated to blind visitors. Read the…
Piero Bertelli makes, in the Marinelli Foundry, the sculpture of Pope John Paul II recently beatified . The sculptor is creating his work in clay, enlarging, with the help of the pantograph, his wax sketch.
From May 2nd to November 2nd the Tuscany Region presents an integrated project for the enhancement and promotion of Tuscan excellences offering visitors the extraordinary opportunity to immerse themselves in the Tuscan “Good Living”: “Landscape, Art and Food” . FAFM participates as Official Sponsor with its own bronze work on display.
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