2000 JUBILEE IN THE VATICAN

(Year 2000)   The new entrance ramp to the Vatican Museums was inaugurated (the monumental staircase is now reserved only for the exit of the audience) built on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Second Millennium. The handrail bronze was cast and mounted by the Marinelli Foundry, as well as, along with the bronze…

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Video – Firenze World Capital of Art and Craftsmanship

The new film ‘Florence World Capital of Art and Handicrafts’ by Cinzia TH Torrini is now on-line. This work shows the passion, art, genius, history and creativity of a city and a country that celebrates Florence and the industriousness of its people, the history that made Florence into the great city it is today and…

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THE DOOR OF THE MYTH AT THE CRF BANK OF FLORENCE

(Marh 2008)   The Door of the Myth in bronze, work of Onofrio Pepe, was exhibited in Florence in the Renaissance courtyard of the palace of Via de‘ Pucci of Bank CRF, waiting to be permanently placed in the gardens in front of the entrance to the New Headquarters of the bank in Novoli.

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THE GILDED DONATELLO’S DAVID AT THE BARGELLO

(November 2008)   On 28 November 2008, was exposed to the public, at the Bargello Museum in Florence, Donatello’s David restored. The Director of the Museum, Dr. Paolozzi Strozzi, asked the Marinelli Foundry an identical posthumous first edition original cast with gold plating that had the original one, and that has been lost over the…

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THE MADONNA OF BRUGES AT CASA BUONARROTI

(October 2009)   On October 28th 2009, was inaugurated the exhibition of the Posthoumos Edition bronze of Michelangelo’s Madonna of Bruges. The Marinelli Foundry casting, museum quality, was hosted by the Director Pina Ragionieri with “honors.”

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CASA BUONARROTI COMES AT THE FOUNDRY

(July 2008)   On 17 July 2008 Dr. Pina Ragionieri, Director of the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, came to visit the Marinelli Foundry, accompanied by Lawyer Federico Frediani, to ensure the quality of the Michelangelo’s David bronze posthumous first edition original. After renewing his compliments, greeted us very happy.  

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PROF. GARY RADKE OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AT THE FOUNDRY

(June 2008)   8 June 2008. Pleasant visit of the Prof. Gary Radke, American famous Art Historian, to the Marinelli Foundry. The Professor is held back to study both the negative mould taken on the original monuments, and the typology of the Foundry’s work. He congratulated for the fidelity, the accuracy of the workmanship of…

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MARINELLI FOUNDRY CHANGES ITS LOGO

(March 2013)   The way in which the Foundry Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli was presented to the public has not changed much over time: from 1905 to 2012 have changed slightly characters, but the kind of writing has remained the same. In April 2013 we felt the need to create a new symbol, which condense the…

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STUDY OF ANCIENT TECHNIQUES AT ‘ANTEA’ IN MURLO

(April 25  – May 2  2004)   The “Laboratory of Archaeometry and Experimental Archaeology on Antique Handcrafted Techniques” in Murlo, Siena, headed by Prof. Edilberto Formigli, sought the cooperation of the Marinelli Foundry to study the realization of ancient bronzes. The Marinelli Foundry  participated by bringing in Murlo an high museum quality posthumous first edition…

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THE MICHELANGELO’S PIETA IN USA

(August 2008)   In the occasion of the exhibition “Michelangelo: The Man and the Myth,” at the SUArt Gallery of Syracuse (NY), the directorate of the University invited the Marinelli Foundry to exhibit, together with a collection of Michelangelo’s original documents, the high museum quality bronze posthumous first edition original of the famous Michelangelo’s Pieta.…

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