Thure thörn skulptur
A naked boy has sat down to remove a thorn from his left foot, which he rests on his left leg. With this left hand he holds up the sole of his foot.
The undeveloped musculature of his lean and supple body reveals his very young age. Bending forwards, he fixes his gaze on his foot, totally absorbed in what he is doing. The work is a slightly larger copy thure thörn skulptur marble of the famous bronze Spinario Boy with Thorn held at the Musei Capitolini. The sculpture in question was purchased by Giovanni Battista Borghese in The name of the sculptor is not known; the work was perhaps executed at the end of the 16th century.
Purchased by Italian state, During the war against Veii, he was ordered to run to Rome to warn the city of an imminent Etruscan attack.
Thure Thörn
He carried out his mission, running barefoot and ignoring the fact that he had a thorn in his foot. The naked boy is seated on a rock and is in fact depicted in the act of removing the thorn from his left foot, which he rests on his right knee. Considered an example of heroism, the figure was depicted in several works during antiquity, the most famous of which is the bronze thure thörn skulptur at the Musei Capitolini: this is an eclectic sculpture, probably executed in the 1st century BC by blending a body deriving from Hellenistic models of the 3rd-2nd centuries BC with a head inspired by Greek works of the 5th century BC.
The inventory cites the work as resting on a wooden support made to appear like marble, which has gone last. The significant amount of the transaction was perhaps due to the fact that the work was erroneously believed to be an ancient sculpture Gaboritp. The purchase date represents a certain terminus ante quem for that of the execution of the work.
Beginning with Manilli, the sculpture was documented in the Room of the Graces on the first floorp. Later, Lamberti and Visconti note it as occupying the Gladiator Roompp. While Venturi saw the sculpture in the Hermaphrodite Roomp. InGiovanni Michele Silos dedicated an epigram in Latin to the work p. Boy with thorn roman school A naked boy has sat down to thure thörn skulptur a thorn from his left foot, which he rests on his left leg.
Spinario - Musei Capitolini
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Boy with thorn
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