Lot number 3739 - Auction 137
'PESCATORE' (DER FISCHER)

ACHILLE D'ORSI Naples 1845 - 1929 'PESCATORE' (THE FISHERMAN) Bronze, dark brown patina, on plinth and angular marble base (h. 3 cm). Overall h. 59 cm, w. 25.5, d. 28.5 cm, weight approx. 16kg. Signed 'A. d'Orsi' on the reverse. Fully sculpted depiction of a fisherman, smoking a pipe and carrying a scale with chains on his hip and a basket on his back. Part. bumped and damaged, loss of patina.