Gemito. Le sculpteur de l'âme napolitaine. Europe l'empereur Caracalla confère par édit

l'empereur Caracalla confère par édit la citoyenneté romaine à tous les habitants libres de l'Empire

which is complemented by a selection of collages from other collections

who exercised coercive lordships with little regard for public order

and Venice

VIII and IX

Gemito. Le sculpteur de l'âme napolitaine. Europe l'empereur Caracalla confère par éditThe story of Vincenzo Gemito (1852 1929) is that of a foundling, raised in the streets of Naples, who would become one of the greatest sculptors of his time, celebrated in his hometown and later in the rest of Italy and Europe. At the age of twenty five, settled in Paris, he caused a sensation at the Salon and then the following year at the Universal Exhibition of 1878. Alternately decried and adored by critics, he introduced realism into Italian