A Neapolitan Fisherman Teaches His Son to Play the Flute

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Date:
1859

Type:
Figure group

Materials:
Bronze, limestone

Measurements:

Inscription:
On the left side of the bronze base: "O. Evens."; on the rear of the seat: "Evens/Roma 1859"

Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality

Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation

Prework:
Original model, plaster. Statens Museum for Kunst
Bronze, Rustenborgvej, Lyngby

Address:
In the gardens on the corner of Store Strandstræde and Lille Strandstræde

Recommended litterature:
Fiskeren og hans Søn, Illustreret Tidende, 2. Bind, Nr. 84, 5.5.1861, 249. Ellinor Wesche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 27. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 25. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 9, 14. Hovedstadens monumenter mindetavler museer. En vejviser, København 1962, 55. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 157, 184

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The enthusiasm of the Danish Golden Age for Italy found expression in part in an interest in population types such as the Neapolitan fishermen, often portrayed in some kind of narrative scene. This type persisted far into the 19th century. Here it is the fisherman who is teaching his child to play a wind instrument that resembles a shawn. The fisherman is recognised by his light apparel with turned-up trousers, naked torso and what was known as a Phrygian cap.