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2009
ASNOM Monument, Skopje
A group of ten 4 meter figures which form part of the commissions won by the Marinelli Foundry for Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. The monument represents the first plenary session of the Anti-Fascist People’s Liberation of Macedonia.
2009
IMRO Monument, Skopje
A group of five 4 meter figures which is also a part of the commissions won by the Marinelli Foundry for the City of Skopje, capital of Macedonia. The Monument represents the Founders of Macedonian Revolutionary Organization.
2009
Archaeological lions, Skopje
The Macedonian government commissioned the Marinelli Foundry to produce two lions made from the enlargement of small antique bronzes. The life size model was shipped to the Foundry where the two monuments were executed. They are placed at one end of the bridge in Skopje.
2009
Gemidjia Group, Skopje
Another monument for the city of Skopje, Macedonia, commissioned via a public tender by the Marinelli Foundry. It consists of five standing figures, each about 4 meters high. The monument represents the Macedonian Revolutionary Anarchist Circle.
2010
Chimera, Archaeological Museum
As the original Etruscan ‘Chimera’ was sent to the United States, the Superintendence and the Archaeological Museum of Florence asked the Marinelli Foundry to make a mould on the original work. The “identical” cast was placed at entrance to the museum.
2011
Wild Boar repairing
The “Porcellino” (Wild Boar) fountain is one of the symbols of Florence and it is a tradition to stroke its muzzle. As the number of tourists increases, and therefore the number of strokes, the work has markedly eroded. The Marinelli Foundry, which cast the current “Porcellino” in 1998 replacing in 2011 the 19th century version, offered to restore it. It was not possible to utilize the three-phase current necessary for the electrical welding on site, so therefore the traditional method of oxyacetylene welding was used producing excellent results.
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2013
Quinto Martini for Hermitage
The works of Quinto Martini came back to Russia, where they were exhibited on several occasions in the context of temporary exhibitions.
On May 24, 2013 five sculptures of the Tuscan artist have become part of the collection of the Hermitage Museum, the largest museum in the world.
The sculptures, chosen by Sergey Androsov, one of the world’s leading experts of Italian sculpture and Director of the Department of Western European Art of the Hermitage and cast by Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry were placed in the rooms of the palace in the context of massive exposure permanently dedicated to the best of Western sculpture of the twentieth century.
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2013
The Armenian Cross in Canada
The Armenian genocide was also remembered in Quebec, Canada, by its Armenian community. It commissioned a stylized 3.5 meters high cross from the sculptor Arto. The sculptor sent the original wax model, approximately 35 cms., to Marinelli commissioning the Foundry to enlarge and cast the work.
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2013
Verdi for Los Angeles Opera
The Armenian genocide was also remembered in Quebec, Canada, by its Armenian community. It commissioned a stylized 3.5 meters high cross from the sculptor Arto. The sculptor sent the original wax model, approximately 35 cms., to Marinelli commissioning the Foundry to enlarge and cast the work.
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2015
Pope Innocent XII monument
The bust of Pope Innocent XII created by Massimo Manzo and cast by the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry was unveiled at Anzio, Rome in the presence of Cardinal Ravasi on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Pope’s pontificate.
2015
Pope Innocent XII monument, Firenze, Italia
The bust of Pope Innocent XII created by Massimo Manzo and cast by the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry was unveiled at Anzio, Rome in the presence of Cardinal Ravasi on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Pope’s pontificate.
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