Grand Tour alabaster model of Spinario

Good quality late 19th century Grand Tour alabaster model of Spinario, after the original Greco-Roman Hellenistic sculpture in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museum, Rome. Depicting a boy withdrawing a thorn from the sole of his foot it is often referred to as the Boy with the Thorn or Fedele (Fedelino). Good size. Italy, circa 1890.

H23 cm 
H 9" 

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