The official unveiling of one of the most ambitious art projects of the modern era took place at the Foundry Michelangelo headquarters in Battle Ground, Washington (USA): the creation of the world’s first and only life-size David by Michelangelo, cast entirely in pure silver. This extraordinary milestone was made possible by the master craftsmanship of…
On January 6, 2026, Pope Leo XIV closed the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, cast by the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry of Florence. This concludes the 2025 Jubilee Year dedicated to hope. The door of the basilica was opened by Pope Francis on the evening of December 24, 2024. Read the story of the…
The “Michelangelo and Bologna” exhibition, curated by Cristina Acidini and Alessandro Cecchi, will be held at Palazzo Fava in Bologna from November 14, 2025, to February 15, 2026. For the event, the Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli has created three plaster models based on moulds, owned by Ferdinando Marinelli Jr., taken from the original masterpieces: Saint…
the Sacred rite of the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican was repeated for the Jubilee of 2025. For this occasion, RAI TV interviewed Ferdinando Marinelli Jr. in Fonderia. The Door was modeled in 1949 by Vico Consorti, later called “Vico dell’uscio”. At Christmas of that year Ferdinando…
A unique display of Michelangelo masterpieces cast in silver from Ferdinando Marinelli Jr.’s original moulds made headlines at Art Basel in Miami Beach. Each posthumous casting was made in a single copy, marking the first and only time such posthumous castings have been presented to the public. Read more Watch the video about Art Basel…
The Michelangelo e il Potere exhibition was held in Palazzo Vecchio, where the Marinelli Foundry made a very small contribution with a plaster positive, obtained from the model made on the original, of Michelangelo’s Candle Holder Angel, which he made for the Ark of San Domenico.
Making one of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s most important Masterpieces in the Foundry, the Moses, took months of work. But we are thrilled with the quality and faithfulness to the original achieved thanks to the casts owned by Ferdinando Marinelli Jr., made on the original by the founder of the Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli, Ferdinando Marinelli Sr.…
A Brazilian troupe interviewed Ferdinando Marinelli and Emanuele Pecchioli in Fonderia on the history of the Porcellino del Tacca from ancient times to the present day. Watch the Video
In our showroom, the Bazzanti Gallery in Florence, we moved the marble statue of the Farnese Hercules weighing approximately 6 tons. The enormous sculpture will be packaged and then shipped to Indonesia.
On the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of the 2023/2024 academic year of the University of Florence and the centenary of the University, a sculpture called “The Chariot of Apollo” by Onofrio Pepe cast by the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry of Florence was donated to the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. Watch the video
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