E. MARSILI, Sculptor (1841-1926). Italian School“ VOCAZIONE ”, SIGNED "E. Marsili" and dated 1881 and "Fon Papi e Fr.lli Galli – Pietro e Leopoldo – Fusero – 1882 Firenze"; Bronze – H.: 130 cm (51 in.); W.: 53 cm (20 3/4 in.); D.: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.). Total Height: 201 cm (79 in.) / Base – H.: 71 cm (28 in.); W.: 76 x 72 cm (30 in. x 28 1/3 in.). A patinated bronze figure, representing a young boy singing with a raised arm, holding a music sheet in the other one. Standing on a large moulded white marble base._____Biography: Emilio Marsili (1841-1926) is a Venitian sculptor who was the pupil of the renowned artist Ettore Ferrari (1844-1929) at the Fine Arts Academy in Venice. As many Italian artists of his time, he spent a while in Paris and Brussels. Marsili knew then an increasing success with his portraits as well as his sculpted memorials. He participated at the 1880 Turin Fine Arts Exhibition, then at the 1881 Milano Exhibition, where he exposed his famous "Vocazione", which was awarded. In Paris, Marsili participated at the 1889 Universal Exhibition, where he won a bronze medal. He exposed at the famous Venice Biennale in 1895.Clemente Papi is one of the famous founders working in Firenze in the 19th century. He was particularly renowned for his casts made after models created by Cellini and Michelangelo. That partnership with Pietro and Leopoldo Galli Brothers is characteristic of the 1880’s.

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