Spinario

Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy

Artist/Maker Unknown

Description Detail from the Spinario or Thorn-Puller. Bronze, Greek artwork of the 1st century BC after classical and hellenistic models. See also: full view.

Dimensions H. 73 cm (28 ½ in.)

Credit line Formerly in the Lateran; gift of Sixtus IV, 1471

Accession number MC 1186

Location Palazzo dei Conservatori, Hall of the Triumphs

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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