Art Minutes: “Neapolitan Fisherboy” by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

In this Art Minutes video, learn more about this bronze sculpture depicting a young fisherboy from Naples by French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. Script, narration, and editing by Kerry Elkins Media by Lisa Anderson Stock visuals and audio: iStock, Envato Elements Additional visuals: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Vatican Museum Subscribe to our newsletter: #AppletonMuseumOfArt #ArtHistory #Sculpture #Jean-BaptisteCarpeaux #Carpeaux #19thCenturyArt #ArtFact #ArtMinutes #Art “Pêcheur Napolitain à la Coquille (Neapolitan Fisherboy)”, Model completed 1857; cast ca. 1870s Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827-1875) Bronze 36 x 18 x 19 in. Gift of Arthur I. Appleton