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Vincenzo Gemito Italian
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The celebrated concocter of battle scenes is observed as if standing before his easel. Potbelly and all, his stance is a spectacularly balanced network of triangulations.
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Title: The Painter Meissonier
Artist:
Vincenzo Gemito (Italian, Naples 1852–1929 Naples)
Date: 1879
Culture: Italian, modelled Paris
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Height (with base): 21 7/8 in. (55.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line: Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1975
Object Number: 1975.26
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