Boy with Thorn

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Title:	Boy with Thorn
Start date:	-100
End date:	-1
Historical Period:	1st millennium B.C.
Description:	Statue of the so-called Spinario, a boy withdrawing a thorn from the sole of his foot. Roman copy of a late Hellenistic original. The sculpture was found in Rome, on the Palatine and it was included in the Uffizi collection in 1772.
Size:	0.84 cm
Place:	Galleria degli Uffizi, Italy
Languages:	No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium:	marble (rock)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	UNIBO Europeana Archaeology
Physical type:	statues
Material and technique:	sculpting
Data provider:	University of Bologna
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Appears in Collections:	BYZART