GATTAMELATA
Donatello made this elegant equestrian monument in the years 1447-1453 for the city of Padua, where it is still to be found in the Saint’s Square. In the first half of the XX century a number of requests for this monument arose in South American countries. Portrayed in the photograph is the copy the “Marinelli” foundry made on the base of a plaster mould of the “Regia Galleria Fiorentina” for the Council of Montevideo, Uruguay.

COLLEONI
Equestrian monument made by Andrea del Verrocchio (1481-1483) for the city of Venice, where it is still placed in Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo. The “Marinelli” foundry made the copy shown in the picture for the City Council of Montevideo, Uruguay.

DAVID
In 1920 ca. the mould of Michelangelo’s David was destroyed at the Academy of Fine Arts. In Autumn 1929 a new mould was made by the “Marinelli” foundry, which was granted the right to use the moulds of the David and of the detail of the head, while leaving the moulds to the school. The “Marinelli” foundry made a bronze copy of the David, based on these moulds, for Montevideo, Uruguay.

CARRETTA PIONIERI
Uruguayan national monument by the sculptor J. Belloni (1930). Imposing sculptural group with its 22 mt. base and 150 tons, cast at the “Marinelli” foundry. In the photograph the work is displayed at the “Parterre” of Florence before being shipped to Uruguay.