“Giuliano Gemma” FPI – CONI Award

Bronze sculpture from the cast of Nino Benvenuti’s fist with a base for the “Giuliano Gemma” Award

The Giuliano Gemma Award, now in its third edition, has been created to celebrate the great Boxing and the most representative and deserving characters of Italian and International Boxing, Sport and Cinema. From this edition the award will be represented by a bronze casting that reproduces the fist of the Olympic champion and World champion Nino Benvenuti. In order to realize the sculpture, a cast of the famous boxer’s hand was made, finished during the molding phase and finally fused.

Nino Benvenuti at the 10th Theater of Cinecittà Studios on the occasion of the great Boxe event, focused on the International WBC Title of the Supesium Weights and the Giuliano Gemma Award, held on December 14th 2018
Nino Benvenuti and Francesca Abbate during the realization of the plaster cast

Bas-relief: “Zeus”

Cameo in Siena marble: "Zeus" by Francesca Abbate, modeler & engraver
Bas-relief: “Zeus”  –  All rights reserved by Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A.

Bas-relief in wax on slate of ardesia, representing the profile of Zeus, with a pair of lightning strikes.

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Wax model “Allegory of winter”

wax model, italian modeling & engraving
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Wax model for candlestick, representing the “Allegory of Winter”.

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Wax model: Allegory of winter  –  All rights reserved by Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A.

Terracotta bas-relief “Allegory of Perfection”

Bas-relief
Bas-relief: Allegory of Perfection  –  All rights reserved by Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A.

Bas-relief in terracotta “Allegory of Perfection”

Preparatory drawing modeling engraving
Preparatory drawing modeling engraving

Bust of Luigi Capuana

Plaster model with base – All rights reserved by Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A.

Bust of Luigi Capuana (1839-1915), writer, literary critic and Italian journalist.

Plaster bust - Sculpture
Model in plasticine during processing

 

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