Late C19th Italian Bronze 'Grand Tour' Souvenir Sculpture, After the Antique, "Spinario" .

Late C19th Italian bronze 'Grand Tour' souvenir sculpture, after the antique, " The Spinario ".

Well-cast desk-top scale bronze sculpture of the iconic statue of "The Spinario " or Thorn-puller . Souvenir bronzes such as this ,were produced for rich tourists completing the 'Grand Tour" of the classical sights and sites of Europe .

The Boy with Thorn , also called Fedele or Spinario, is an ancient Greco-Romano Hellenistic bronze sculpture now housed in the Palazzo dei Conservatori , Rome , Italy .

The subject , a faithful messenger, thought to be a lowly shepherd boy , is depicted in intense concentration attempting to draw a thorn from the sole of his foot.

Good consistent dark patination.

H 8"

W 4"

D 6"

Italy , probably Naples c.1880

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