(November 2005) On November 4 th 2005 come in visit to the Marinelli Foundry the famous Art Historian John T. Spike, that appreciated the plaster moulds performed on the original ones to the beginnings of the ‘900. He is complimented for the fidelity and the high museum quality of the bronze posthumous first edition…
(September 2007) On 21 September 2007 the inauguration of the Original Posthumous casting of Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry’s St. Matthew by Ghiberti was accompanied by a spectacular costume party organized by the City of Florence. The original bronze was moved to the Museum of Orsanmichele, on the first floor of the Gothic building.
(April 2011) In anticipation of the exhibition “Water, stone, fire. Bartolomeo Ammannati Sculptor“, held at the Bargello Museum in 2011, the Directorate of the Museum has commissioned the Marinelli Foundry the delicate execution of the mould on the fountain “for the Great Hall of Palazzo Vecchio”, with the intention to reconstruct the missing parts.…
(February 2007) The Artistic Foundry Ferdinando Marinelli enrolls in the Unione Imprese Storiche Italiane. The President Franco Torrini gives to Ferdinando Marinelli Jr. the plate of membership to the Organization.
(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…
(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.…
(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.…
(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…
(April 2011) In anticipation of the exhibition “Water, stone, fire. Bartolomeo Ammannati Sculptor“, held at the Bargello Museum in 2011, the Directorate of the Museum has commissioned the Marinelli Foundry the delicate execution of the mould on the fountain “for the Great Hall of Palazzo Vecchio”, with the intention to reconstruct the missing parts. The…
(November 2010) In November 2010, under the auspices of the Casa Buonarroti di Firenze that hosted it, opened the exhibition of Michelangelo bronze sculptures, museum quality posthumous first edition originals of the Marinelli Foundry obtained from moulds taken on the originals.
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