Il nudo maschile nella statuaria romana: MARZIO, Campidoglio -- recorded in the 12th century and given to the city of Rome by Sesto IV in 1471.

Speranza


Boy drawing a thorn from his foot.

Plaster cast: Height: 80cm.

Copy of a bronze statue.

The statue is known as Spinario.

It is a version of a Hellenistic statue.

It was recorded in the 12th century and was given to the city of Rome by Pope Sixtus IV in 1471.           

It is now in Rome, Musei Capitolini, inv. 1186.