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Attr. Vincenzo Gemito (1852 - 1929) Ink/wash on paper. Sight Size: 4 x 4 in. Appears to bear no signature. Has not been examined out of the frame. Gemito's Neapolitan Fisherboy at the 1877 Paris Salon brought him acclaim and commissions, and he stayed for three years. Upon returning, he studied antique sculpture at the Naples Museum and incorporated Hellenistic influences into his work. Reviving the lost-wax process of casting used in the Renaissance, Gemito built his own bronze foundry in 1883. Three years later, he completed his only important public commission, a marble statue of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1887 Gemito suffered a mental collapse and withdrew to one room, concentrating entirely on drawing and seeing few friends. Around 1909 he resumed sculpting, basing his works on the ancients with a delicacy and detail that ultimately derived from his drawings.