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Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry

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Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli
FAFM (Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry)
Industry	metalworking
Founded	Florence, Tuscany, Italy, 1905
Key people	Ferdinando Marinelli, founder; Ferdinando Marinelli Jr., owner
Products	Statues and Monuments in Bronze
Website	http://www.fonderiamarinelli.it

The Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry (abbreviated as FAFM) is a renowned bronze foundry based in Florence, Italy. Known for employing the Renaissance-era technique of lost-wax the foundry has been instrumental in the creation of numerous bronze sculptures over the past century. Among its notable works is the 1988 casting of the 'La Fontana del Porcellino', a replica of Pietro Tacca's famous boar statue, which replaced the antique version in Florence's Loggia del Mercato Nuovo in 1998.

History

The foundry's origins trace back to 1905, when Ferdinando Marinelli established a small workshop on Via de’ Giudei (now Via Ramaglianti) in Florence. Marinelli, born in Piegaro, Perugia, moved to Florence as a teenager and apprenticed under notable artisans, including Cusmano Vignali and Gabellini. He mastered both stirrup manufacturing and the lost-wax casting technique during this period.

In 1915, Marinelli joined Alessandro Biagiotti's Fonderia nicknamed "Brucino", before acquiring Gabellini's foundry on Via del Romito (now Via Filippo Corridoni) after World War I. During this era, the foundry became prominent for crafting monuments commemorating World War I, including works in Piazza Dalmatia (Florence), Poggio a Caiano, Barberino Val d’Elsa, and Cerbaia, collaborating with artists like Mario Moschi and Odo Franceschi.

The Marinelli Foundry also produced the monuments at Barberino Val d’Elsa and Cerbaia (works by Odo Franceschi). In 1925, the Foundry erected the monument to the painter Giovanni Fattori donated to Livorno by Valmore Gemignani. By 1927, the Florence Chamber of Commerce highlighted the Marinelli Foundry's reputation for exceptional casting quality. Their unique acid-based varnish preserved the natural bronze sheen while maintaining its warm tonalities, solidifying the foundry's status as a producer of enduring works of art.

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
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
1932	Posthumously of Michelangelo	Pietà, Museo Soumaya	Mexico City	Mexico
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 Santa Holy 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

Notes

^ Maria Maugeri, La Fonderia Artistica di Ferdinando Marinelli a Rifredi, EDIFIR Firenze 2006
^ Maria Maugeri, La Fonderia Artistica di Ferdinando Marinelli a Rifredi, EDIFIR Firenze 2006, pag. 27
^ M. Salvini, Le industrie artistiche nella provincia di Firenze, Firenze, 1927, p.109

Bibliography

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.