Florentine artistic foundry
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The Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry (Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli also known as FAFM) is one of the last remaining Florentine foundries, producing works in bronze utilizing the Renaissance technique of lost-wax . A large number of bronze sculptures produced in Florence over the last century come from this artistic foundry.[1] One of the most famous and popular works in Florence, the 'La Fontana del Porcellino ', was cast by the Marinelli Foundry in 1988 and replaced the antique in 1998.
History
Replica of Pietro Tacca 's Porcellino . Florence, Loggia del Mercato Nuovo The monument to the ‘Warrior on Horseback’, Macedonia Square , Skopje The history of the Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli began in 1905 with the opening of a small shop on Florence’s Via de’ Giudei (today’s Via Ramaglianti) by Ferdinando Marinelli. Born in Piegaro , in the Province of Perugia in 1887, he arrived as a teenager in Florence where he was apprenticed first to Cusmano Vignali’s foundry and subsequently to Gabellini’s, learning the techniques of both stirrup manufacturing as well as lost-wax casting . In 1915, he was employed by the Fonderia of Alessandro Biagiotti[2] (Biagiotti’s nickname was ‘Brucino’). After World War I , Ferdinando took over the Gabellini foundry on Via del Romito (today’s Via Filippo Corridoni). During this period, the Marinelli Foundry produced several monuments which commemorate the fallen of World War I ; those on Piazza Dalmatia in Florence and Poggio a Caiano, (both by Mario Moschi ) as well as those at Barberino Val d’Elsa and Cerbaia, (works by Odo Franceschi). In 1925, the Foundry executed the monument to the painter Giovanni Fattori donated to the city of Livorno by Valmore Gemignani. Two years later, the Chamber of Commerce, Florence surveyed the artisan workshops in the Province and reported that: "The reputation of the Marinelli Foundry […] rests on the perfection of its casting, employing an acid-based varnish permitting the metal to be displayed without losing any of its glare, maintaining warm tonalities, those of natural bronze thereby creating works of art."[3]
The staircase at the entrance to the Vatican Museums by Antonio Maraini, 1932 Diploma awarded to Marinelli Fonderia for the casting of the horse, Sacrifice
The most important castings
A selection of the most important works and monuments executed by the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry.
Year
Artist
Title
Location
Country
Photo
1925
Valmore Gemignani
Giovanni Fattori
Livorno
Italy
1927
Mario Moschi
Monument to the Fallen Monumento ai caduti
Piazza Dalmazia, Florence
Italy
1929
José Belloni
The Pioneer’s Cart La Carretta dei Pionieri
Parque Batlle , Montevideo
Uruguay
1930
Guglielmo Colasanti
Madonna degli Angeli
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli , Assisi
Italy
1930
José Belloni
William Tell Gugliemo Tell
Parque Rodó , Montevideo
Uruguay
1932
Antonio Maraini
Bramante Staircase , Vatican Museums
Vatican City
Vatican City
1939
Tomb of Pope Pius XI
Vatican City
Vatican City
1944
Vico Consorti
Door of Thanksgiving Porta della Riconoscenza
Siena Cathedral
Italy
1949
Leo Friedlander
Sacrifice
Arlington Memorial Bridge , Washington, DC
United States
1950
Vico Consorti
Porta SantaHoly Door
St. Peter's Basilica , Vatican City
Vatican City
1953
Giovanni Cappelletti
Christopher Columbus
Newport , Rhode Island
United States
1960
Valteroni
Door, Cathedral of Oropa Porta della Cattedrale di Oropa
Sanctuary of Oropa
Italy
1969
Mario Moschi
Sacred Heart Door Porta del Sacro Cuore
Basilica del Sacro Cuore, Sassari
Italy
1972
Bruno Burracchini
Catherine of Siena
Fortezza Medicea , Siena
Italy
1984
Sergio Benvenuti
Fountain of the Two Oceans Fontana dei due oceani
San Diego , California
United States
1989
Robert Dean
Monument to Dwight Eisenhower Monumento a Eisenhower
Grosvenor Square , London
United Kingdom
1998
Posthumously of Pietro Tacca
Porcellino Fontana del Porcellino
Loggia del Mercato Nuovo , Florence
Italy
1998
Restoration of Kremlin Halls
Grand Kremlin Palace , Moscow
Russia
1999
Handrail, Vatican Museums Corrimano della Nuova Rampa dei Musei Vaticani
Vatican City
Vatican City
2001
Sergio Benvenuti
Broncos' Fountain
Sports Authority Field at Mile High , Denver
United States
2006
Posthumously of Giambologna
Bacchus Bacco
Borgo San Jacopo, Florence
Italy
2007
Posthumously of Ghiberti
St. Matthew San Matteo
Orsanmichele Church, Florence
Italy
2008
Posthumously
The Etruscan Minerva Minerva Etrusca
National Archaeological Museum (Florence)
Italy
2008
Valentina Stevanovska
Warrior on Horseback
Macedonia Square , Skopje
North Macedonia
2008
Posthumously of Donatello
David (with gold plating)
Bargello , Florence
Italy
2010
Posthumously
Chimera of Arezzo
National Archaeological Museum (Florence)
Italy
2013
Arto Tchakmaktchian
Espoir
Laval, Quebec , Montreal
Canada
Maugeri, Maria (2006). La Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli a Rifredi . Firenze: EDIFIR.
Maugeri, Maria (2005). Pietro e Niccolò Bazzanti 'Negozianti di Belle Arti' . Firenze: EDIFIR.
The Marinelli Foundry of Florence by John Spike http://begeeart.com/the-marinelli-foundry-of-florence/ Last visit 01/07/2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20140218210035/http://www.loveforitaly.it/simboli/siamo-andati-a-trovare-ferdinando-marinelli visited on 01/07/2014
Associations e Foundations http://www.unioneimpresestoriche.com/associati_dett.asp?lingua=_ita&idlink=3&idass=41 Unione Imprese Storiche Italiane, visited on 01/07/2014
http://www.fondazioneartigianato.it/fonderia-artistica-marinelli.html Fondazione Firenze Artigianato Artistico, visited on 01/07/2014
The Statue 'Warriors on Horseback' http://www.unioneimpresestoriche.com/news_dett.asp?lingua=_ita&idnews=174&idlink=6 "A Skopje c'è un Alessandro Magno della Fonderia Artistica Marinelli", visited on 01/07/2014
http://it.peacereporter.net/articolo/29062/Macedonia,+posata+la+statua+di+Alessandro+Magno.+Polemiche+ad+Atene Visited on 12/30/2013
http://www.eastjournal.net/macedonia-cosa-resta-di-alessandro-il-grande-la-statua-che-fa-arrabbiare-atene/8370 Visited on 01/07/2014
http://www.ilgiornaledelfriuli.net/cron/skopje-svetta-la-statua-di-alessandro-magno-a-cavalloil-monumento-e-stato-realizzato-dalla-fonderia-artistica-ferdinando-marinelli-di-firenze-per-53-milioni-di-euro Visited on 01/07/2014
http://cavallomagazine.quotidiano.net/cavallomagazine/2011/06/21/528950-alessandro_bucefalo.shtml Visited on 01/07/2014
http://www.tuttosport.com/attualita/esteri/2011/06/21-131347/Macedonia%3A+mega-statua+Alessandro+Magno Visited on 01/07/2014
http://www.blitzquotidiano.it/cronaca-italia/macedonia-la-statua-di-alessandro-magno-in-piazza-skopje-896075/ Visited on 01/07/2014
http://www.ilquotidianoitaliano.it/gallerie/2011/06/news/macedonia-mega-monumento-ad-alessandro-magno-94976.html/ Visited on 01/07/2014
https://web.archive.org/web/20140221213953/http://www.ilnuovo.it/articolo-20110621-Macedonia%3A_mega-statua_Alessandro_Magno.php Visited on 01/07/2014
Restoration of the Replica of 'Porcellino' http://press.comune.fi.it/hcm/hcm5353-11_89-Porcellino,+torna+a+splendere+il+bronzo+alla+Loggi.html?cm_id_details=59283&id_padre=47009 Porcellino, torna a splendere il bronzo alla Loggia del Mercato nuovo, consulted on 01/07/2014
http://www.sassarinotizie.com/24ore-articolo-55845-firenze__porcellino__della_loggia_del_mercato_nuovo_e__tornato_a_splendere.aspx Consulted on 01/07/2014
http://corrierefiorentino.corriere.it/firenze/notizie/arte_e_cultura/2011/18-ottobre-2011/porcellino-come-nuovo-tutti-sfregare-1901864171499.shtml Consulted on 01/07/2014
Replica of Michelangelo's 'Bruges Madonna' https://web.archive.org/web/20140107210226/http://michelangelosmadonna.com/bruges/Rassegna_stampa_HR_web.pdf Consulted on 01/07/2014
http://www.chiesacattolica.it/cci_new_v3/allegati/7636/b292810ago1.pdf Rivive il bronzo 'perduto' di Michelangelo, visited on 01/07/2014
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/michelangelos-bruges-madonna-graces-dc-basilica-70271322.html Visited on 01/07/2014
http://www.zoomedia.it/Firenze/eventi/casa_buonarroti/madonna_di_bruges/index.html Visited on 01/07/2014
http://www.catholicherald.com/stories/Michelangelos-Mother-of-God,12081 Visited on 01/07/2014
Knights Columbus Museum http://www.kofcmuseum.org/km/en/exhibits/2010/michelangelo/ Visited on 01/07/2014
Bronzi di Toscana di Piero Bertelli http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/upload/crt/eventi/M/titolo_993.pdf Consulted on 01/07/2014
Bronzi di Toscana di Piero Bertelli https://web.archive.org/web/20140107210517/http://www.firenzeonline.com/news/ultim-ora/mostre-lamore-di-piero-bertelli-per-la-forma.html Visited on 01/07/2014
Bronzi di Toscana di Piero Bertelli http://archivio.gonews.it/articolo_219987_Per-Piero-Bertelli-da-Montelupo-una-mostra-in-consiglio-regionale.html Visited on 01/07/2014
Di Bronzo e di Fuoco https://web.archive.org/web/20140107205124/http://www.agenziaaise.it/cultura/istitaliani-di-cultura/156209-qdi-bronzo-e-di-fuocoq-le-sculture-della-fonderia-marinelli-in-trasferta-a-los-angeles.html Consulted on 01/07/2014
Bronzi per Michelangelo https://web.archive.org/web/20140107204023/http://www.fashiondesignlab.com/02/bronzi_michelangelo_a_casa_buonarroti.asp Consulted on 01/07/2014
Bronzi per Michelangelo http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/arte/recensioni/2010/12/10/news/michelangelo_replicato_in_bronzo_una_favolosa_tourne_negli_usa-10046363/ Visited on 01/07/2014
Bronzi per Michelangelo http://www.casabuonarroti.it/it/2010/11/10/bronzi-per-michelangelo/ Consulted on 01/07/2014
Bronzi per Michelangelo http://www.exibart.com/profilo/eventiV2.asp?idelemento=97962 Consulted on 01/07/2014
Monumental Sculpture from Renaissance Florence: Ghiberti, Nanni di Banco and Verrocchio at Orsanmichele http://www.opificiodellepietredure.it/index.php?it/522/mostre Consulted on 01/07/2014
Pietà di Michelangelo a Casa Buonarroti http://www.lanazione.it/firenze/2007/04/10/4255-casa_buonarroti.shtml Visited on 01/07/2014
Pietà di Michelangelo a Casa Buonarroti http://www.artearti.net/magazine/articolo/La_replica_della_Pieta Visited on 01/07/2014
Giuseppe negli arazzi di Pontormo e Bronzino http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/artecultura/mostre/2010_Giuseppe/immagini-htm/battistero.htm Visited on 01/07/2014
Pietà di Michelangelo a Wally Findlay Galleries http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/entertainment/arts-theater/pieta-replica-centerpiece-of-wally-findlays-madonn/nMFDb/ Visited on 01/07/2014
Pietà di Michelangelo a St. Patrick's Old Cathedral NYC [1] Visited on 01/07/2014