Harvard Art Museums > 1917.173: The Water Vendor Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Water Vendor (Vincenzo Gemito) , 1917.173,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/231682. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
