Spinario (Boy Pulling a Thorn from His Foot), probably modeled by 1496, cast ca. 1501, Italian, Mantua, Bronze, partially gilt (hair) and silvered (eyes), H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. of base 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm), Sculpture-Miniature, This is the best surviving example of Antico’s Spinario – a boy pulling a thorn from his foot – which takes as its starting point a long-celebrated bronze figure, executed in the 3rd century BC and now, as in Antico’s day, to be admired in Rome
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Spinario, Boy Pulling, Thorn, Foot, modeled, 1496, cast ca, 1501, Italian, Mantua, Bronze, partially gilt, hair, silvered, eyes, H, 7 3/4, 19.7 cm, W, base 2 15/16, 7.5, Sculpture-Miniature, best surviving example, Antico, –, boy pulling, thorn, foot, takes, starting point, long-celebrated bronze, figure, executed, 3rd century, BC, now, day, admired, Rome
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