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…
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…
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
In 2007 the Direction of the National Bargello Museum in Florence decided to restore the famous Renaissance bronze: the Donatello’s David. And chose to make the delicate work public by setting up the restoration site inside the large sculpture hall of the Museum (fig. 1-2-3). The patient cleaning work (fig. 4-5) has caused traces of…
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