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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1917.173
People
Vincenzo Gemito, Italian (Naples, Italy 1852 - 1929 Naples, Italy)
Title
The Water Vendor
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Aquaiolo
Alternate Title: Boy with a Water Jug
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1880-1881
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231682

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
54.6 x 23.5 x 29.2 cm (21 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: back of base, in relief: DALL'ORIGINALE / PROP'TA DEI RE DI NAPOLI / SM FRANCESCO II / NAPOLI GEMITO
  • exhibition label: under base, paper: del Nero / 77.08

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Angelo del Nero, Rome; sold to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1917.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1917
Object Number
1917.173
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Notes of the Month", The International Studio (September 1929), vol. XCIV, no. 388, p. 59
  • Ian Wardropper and Fred Licht, Chiseled with a Brush: Italian Sculpture 1860-1925 from the Gilgore Collections, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL, 1994), p. 19, cat. no. 19, p. 88, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Gemito's, [Unknown Venue, New York], New York, 04/08/1907 - 04/20/1907
  • Renaissance and Modern Bronzes, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 03/04/1908 - 04/13/1908

Verification Level

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