An Exceptional Early 20th Century Life Size Italian Bronze Sculpture of a Child Fisher By Raffaele Marino
Item # 2628
$65,000
Raffaele Marino
The young boy, sitting on the edge of a wooden pier, hauling up a lobster pot, on a naturalistically-cast inscribed base.
Signed R. Marino to the base
This is a very similar model that is in Largo Barbaja, Mergellina, Naples. Entitled “La Fontana del Marinaretto” by Marino.
Raffaele Marino was born in 1868 in Naples, Italy. He was a student at the academy of beaux-arts and debuted in Naples in 1888. Many of his sculptures are of fishermen and historical figures. His artwork is displayed at Museums in Barcelona, Paris and Rome.
Details:
Height – 74 inches / 188cm
Width – 29 inches / 74cm
Depth – 24 inches / 61cm
Maker – Raffaele Marino
