Spinario BM 1755

The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Artist/Maker Unknown
So-called “Spinario” or “Thorn-Puller”. Marble, Roman copy from the 1st century AD after a Hellenistic Greek original of the 3rd century BC.
Dimensions H. 76,5 cm (30 in.)
Credit line Former Castellani Collection

Accession number GR 1880.8-7.1 (Sculpture 1755)
Location Main floor, room 22, Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic world

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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