Cast Gallery catalogue number: B190

Boy drawing a thorn from his foot.

• Plaster cast: Height: 80cm.
• Copy of a bronze statue.
• The statue:
  • is known as Spinario.
  • is a version of a Hellenistic statue.
  • was recorded in the 12th century and was given to the city of Rome by Pope Sixtus IV in 1471.
  • is now in Rome, Musei Capitolini, inv. 1186.