Bust of the Fisherboy, model c. 1876, cast probably 1883/1886

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 1

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

height with base: 45 cm (17 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Asbjorn R. Lunde in honor of Nicholas Penny

Accession Number

2007.139.1

Artists / Makers

Vincenzo Gemito (sculptor) Italian, 1852 - 1929

Image Use

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Inscription

on proper left edge of back of neck: V.GEMITO

Provenance

Gift from the sculptor to Barone Carlo Beer, Rome; by descent in the family to Barone Renato Beer, Rome. Joseph Wade, Gloucestershire, by 1992; Rebecca Louise Wade, in 1993; Asbjorn R. Lunde [1927-2017], New York, in 1994; gift 2007 to NGA.

Associated Names

Lunde, Asbjorn R.