Achille D'Orsi (1845-1929) - Sculpture, Pathos - 43 cm - Bronze

A student of Tito Angelini and Tommaso Solari at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, he perfected his art with a sojourn in Rome, before returning to live in the city of Naples.

He adheres to the realist movement and becomes known for his works Parasites (the bronze model is now housed in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Florence, while the plaster version patinated to imitate bronze is in the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples), La vecchia, and Il venditore, presented at the Naples Exhibition of 1877. These same works were reintroduced the following year at the 1878 Universal Exposition held in Paris.

The breakthrough comes three years later, with Proximus tuus, at the Turin Exhibition.

At the beginning of the 20th century he continued to gain recognition, with his participation in the Venice Biennale, where he exhibited works such as Nel concilio di Trento (1909), Romano della decadenza (1914), Nell'antico Egitto (1924), and Eolo (1928).

During his career he was commissioned numerous busts and portraits; among them the monument to Umberto I of Italy in Naples, those to the philosopher Bernardino Telesio in Cosenza and to Orazio in Venosa, and the busts of Filippo Palizzi and Salvatore Farina.

One of his large marble statues depicting Alfonso d'Aragona stands in front of the facade of the Royal Palace of Naples and is part of the series of eight kings of Naples.