Spinario – “Boy With The Thorn” Bonded Marble Replica Figurine

Boy with Thorn, also called Fedele (Fedelino) or Spinario, is a Greco-Roman Hellenistic bronze sculpture of a boy withdrawing a thorn from the sole of his foot, now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. There is a Roman marble version of this subject from the Medici collections in a corridor of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

The item is a replica figurine which is of a smaller scale than the original, a bronze statue cast by Agasius in 100BC and later redone for Charles I by artist Herbert Le Sueur as a commission in 1631. The figurine is made of bonded marble.

The figurine is not marked or stamped but has a label underneath Made in Italy.

The figurine is in very good condition.

Height: 11.4 cm, Base: 5.2 cm x 5 cm, Front to back: 5 cm, Left to right: 5.5 cm