Il Pescatoriello Marvasi (The Marvasi Fisherboy)
Purchase, The Isaacson-Draper Fund and Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gift, 2024
Catalogue
- Year
- 1876
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- figure without fishing pole on integral circular base, confirmed: 10 × 9 1/2 in. (25.4 × 24.1 cm) with fishing pole, confirmed: 12 5/8 × 17 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (32 × 45.1 × 24.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Vincenzo Gemito
Artist
Sculpture
Vincenzo Gemito was an Italian sculptor born in Naples in 1852, working primarily in bronze and marble during the late nineteenth century. His practice centered on figurative sculpture, including portraiture and allegorical subjects executed in a naturalistic style characteristic of his period.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Vincenzo Gemito
- Year
- 1876
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- figure without fishing pole on integral circular base, confirmed: 10 × 9 1/2 in. (25.4 × 24.1 cm) with fishing pole, confirmed: 12 5/8 × 17 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (32 × 45.1 × 24.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1876-002053
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified