Crafts and Palace: 30 thousand euros for the Giambologna campaign and the Fata Morgana

The fundraiser promoted by Artigianato e Palazzo with the Giambologna and the Fata M organa campaign in favor of the monumental complex of the Fonte della Fata Morgana, nestled in the Chianti region at the foot of the Fattucchia hill in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli, has reached 30,000 euros. Part of the amount raised has already been used to make a copy of Giambologna’s statue, entrusted to restorer Filippo Tattini.

The copy, faithful to the original measurements (99 x 45 x 68 cm), was made using a mixture of hydraulic and inert binders, such as powders and pigments, and was displayed during the days of Artigianato e Palazzo. The intervention involved molding operations through the creation of a mold consisting of two types of silicone that (after applying a release agent/barrier applied to the surface of the sculpture) are able to adapt to the irregularities of the molding by repurposing a high-fidelity mold and allowing for safe removal. Inside the silicone mold was poured the impasto, the composition of which was designed based on the characteristics of the extremely humid environment in which the work will be placed.

The Crafts and Palace: Giambologna and the Fata Morgana project also saw the realization of the “MEDUSA FONTE” project through the production of 10 works on paper by Nicola Toffolini, inspired by Giambologna’s works stolen over the centuries from the building of the “Fonte della Fata Morgana” now lost.

“Our hope is to see the Municipality of Bagno a Ripoli open the construction site for the architectural recovery of this extraordinary complex as soon as possible and to be able to contribute by 2022 to the restoration of the basin, the floor and the restoration of the wall decorations,” say Sabina Corsini, president of the Corsini Garden Association, and Neri Torrigiani, promoter and organizer of the Crafts and Palace exhibition. “In the coming months, the Fountain of Fata Morgana, will be affected by an important ’anti-moisture’ intervention shared with the Superintendence, preparatory to the restoration of the interior that will start by the end of the year. Then a new life can really begin for the Casina delle Fate,” says Bagno A Ripoli City Mayor Francesco Casini. “What made it possible was the attention and care given to the Nymphaeum by ARTISAN AND PALACE, to whom our deepest thanks go. And the invaluable support of those who contributed as part of the fundraising effort. As an administration we can only be grateful for the joint effort between private and public institutions that will bring this unique little architectural jewel back to its former glory and return it to the community.”

Crafts and the Palace: Giambologna and the Fata Morgana was made possible with the contribution of the Fondazione CR Firenze and supported by Devon&Devon, The Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation, Ferragamo Foundation, B&C Speakers, Comune di Bagno a Ripoli, Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte, Michelangelo Foundation, Zucchero & c, Carlo Orsi, Luigi Federico and Gianna Signorini, Letizia Moratti, Clarice Pecori Giraldi, Patricia Wengraf, Bona Frescobaldi, Antonio Bassani Antivari, Tobias Meyer, Cornelia Grassi, Stuart Lochhead, Maria de’ Peverelli, Lorenzo and Sandra Ginori Lisci, Fausto Calderai, Silvia Diacciati and OMA - Associazione Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte.

This is the Promoting Committee: Stefano Aluffi Pentini, Jean Blanchaert, Benedikt Bolza, Marcantonio Brandolini d’Adda, Fausto Calderai, Nicolò Castellini Baldissera, Chiara Stella Cattana, Matteo Corvino, Maria de’ Peverelli Luschi, Costantino D’Orazio, Viola Emaldi, Elisabetta Fabri, Maria Sole Ferragamo, Drusilla Foer, Bona Frescobaldi, Alessandra Galtrucco, Francesca Guicciardini, Alvar Gonzales Palacios, Ferruccio Laviani, Federico Marchetti, Alessia Margiotta Broglio, Martino di Napoli Rampolla, Carlo Orsi, Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi, Clarice Pecori Girladi, Natalie Rucellai, Maria Shollenbarger, Luigi Settembrini, Guido Taroni, Simone Todorow.

Crafts and Palace: 30 thousand euros for the Giambologna campaign and the Fata Morgana

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