A BR0NZE GROUP OF BOY AND A DOLPHIN ENTITLED 'PESCATORI DELLA REGINA', cast from a model by Vincenzo Gemito, the boy grasping a fish in his hands and supported on a rock with a dolphin below, amongst crashing waves, inscribed GEMITO with an impressed mark below, on a shaped stepped base with grey marble circular plinth

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A BR0NZE GROUP OF BOY AND A DOLPHIN ENTITLED 'PESCATORI DELLA REGINA', cast from a model by Vincenzo Gemito, the boy grasping a fish in his hands and supported on a rock with a dolphin below, amongst crashing waves, inscribed GEMITO with an impressed mark below, on a shaped stepped base with grey marble circular plinth
9½in. (24cm.) high

来源

Anonymous Sale in these Rooms, 4 November 1982, lot 70.

拍品专文

Vincenzo Gemito was born in Naples in 1852. Spending a number of years in France, he exhibited at the Salon from 1879 up until the end of the century, winning various medals. Gemito's work was very highly regarded in France and was characterised by it's grace, delicacy and simplicity devoid of vulgarity.