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THE TEXAS LONGHORN

(March 2014) Long Horn Original by Eleonora Villani   Original piece, first casting of a limited edition, produced for the exhibition ā€œFlorence to Florenceā€ n 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 a…

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THE PANEL OF PARADISE DOOR AT THE QUIRINALE

(April 2010)   On the occasion of the exhibition “Giuseppe negli Arazzi di Pontormo e Bronzino, “Viaggio tra i tesori del Quirinale” the Marinelli Foundry has exposed , as the only private lender, the posthumous first edition original of the panel of the “Stories of Joseph” from the Gate of Paradise. The exhibition was held…

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THE “FORMELLA DEL PARADISO” AT QUIRINALE

(April 2010)   On the occasion of the exhibition ā€œGiuseppe negli Arazzi di Pontormo e Bronzino, “Viaggio tra i tesori del Quirinaleā€ the Marinelli Foundry has exposed , as the only private lender, the posthumous first edition original of the panel of the”Stories of Joseph” from The Gate of Paradise. The exhibition was held for…

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THE VINEYARD AT FLORENCE, TEXAS, THE NEW HOME OF THE UT POLO TEAM

(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…

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THE FOUNDRY MOVES

(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 dā€˜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…

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WORKSHOP GHIBERTI

(June 2008)   It was organized a workshop in Florence study on the technique of lost-wax casting used in 400ā€™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…

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THE NEW GIAMBOLOGNAā€™S BACCHUS AT PONTE VECCHIO

(July 2008)   For the campaign of replacing the originals with replicas, the Marinelli Foundry performed the casting of an ā€œidenticalā€ of high museal quality of Giambolognaā€™s Bacchus, placed on July 20, 2008 in the niche at the ā€˜beginningā€™ of the Ponte Vecchio.

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THE NEW GIAMBOLOGNA’S BACCHUS AT 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.

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MARINELLI FOUNDRY SPONSOR STUDIES ABOUT ETRUSCANS

(April 2009)   The publication of Volume LXXV of 2009 of the magazine ā€œEtruscan Studiesā€ edited by National Institute for Etruscan and Italic Studies of Florence, has been possible thanks to the sponsorship of the Marinelli Foundry.

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