This sculpture, often titled Neapolitan Fisherman, exemplifies post-Renaissance realism with charm and poetic humanity. The young man sits casually, one leg thrown over the other, clutching a stringed instrument—perhaps a lute or mandolin. His upward gaze and half-closed eyes suggest a moment of song, reverie, or prayer to the sea. Though he is a humble fisherman, there is something of the bard in him, as though life and art merge seamlessly in his posture. The detailed carving of his musculature, garments, and the fishing net beneath him breathes vitality into the marble. Unlike grand portraits of kings or saints, this work honors the soulful beauty of ordinary life, elevating the everyday into the realm of the eternal.