Neapolitan Fisher Boy with Pitcher
Theobald Stein
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Date:
1858-59
Type:
Statue
Materials:
Bronze, soapstone
Measurements:
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Facts
Inscription:
On the right side of the tree runk: "T.Stein/Roma/1859". On the front of the plinth at the top carved "NEAPOLITANSK VANDBÆRER./1829 TH. STEIN 1901"
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation
Prework:
Fired clay statuette. 1858. H. 21.5 cm. Inscribed on the foot: "T.S. 24 Juli 1858". Exhibited 1902 as belonging to Heinrich Hirschsprung. Den Hirschsprungske Samling, Inv.no. 2353
Plaster. H. 133 cm. Fyns Kunstmuseum, Inv.no. 326
Marble. 1859. Bregentved
Placement
Address:
Grønningen
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Ellinor Wesche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 35. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 13. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 14. Hovedstadens monumenter mindetavler museer. En vejviser, København 1962, 26. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 76. Ernst Jonas Bencard i: Afmagt. Dansk billedhuggerkunst 1850-1900, udst.kat., Thorvaldsens Museum 2002, nr. 14, 114-15; 93, 272-73
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Description
The Neapolitan fisher boy can be recognised by the characteristic Phrygian cap. The naked boy has been fetching water in a pitcher. The medallion in a chain around his neck was the ordinary Catholic's talisman, usually furnished with an image of Our Lady. A lizard near the foot of the tree trunk completes the genre piece from the South.
