1955
Gattamelata and Colleoni, Montevideo, Uruguay
The castings of the replicas of Donatello’s “Gattamelata” and Verrocchio’s “Colleoni”, for Montevideo, Uruguay, which were scheduled to follow the casting of the ‘David’, were stopped by the war. The project was revived in the first half of the 1950s and the two equestrian monuments were sent to Uruguay in 1955.

Some bronze parts in the Foundry

The Colleoni at the Foundry during the patina stage

The finished Colleoni at the Foundry

F. Marinelli Sr. (left) with Uruguay personalities visiting the Colleoni

The Colleoni exhibited in Florence before the departure

Monument to Gattamelata exhibited in Florence before the departure

The 'Gattamelata' with Marino Marinelli (on the right)