Spinario

Attributed to Antonello Gagini Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 534

This statue is a copy of the Hellenistic bronze boy extracting a thorn from his foot in the Museo Capitolino, Rome, universally known as the Spinario. Gagini's version once served as a fountain figure at the top of a staircase in Palazzo Alconties, Messina. Inscribed near the foot were his signature and the date 1500.

Spinario, Attributed to Antonello Gagini (Italian, Palermo 1478–1536 Palermo), Bronze, Italian, possibly Messina

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Spinario, Attributed to Antonello Gagini (Italian, Palermo 1478–1536 Palermo), Bronze, Italian, possibly Messina
Spinario, Attributed to Antonello Gagini (Italian, Palermo 1478–1536 Palermo), Bronze, Italian, possibly Messina
Spinario, Attributed to Antonello Gagini (Italian, Palermo 1478–1536 Palermo), Bronze, Italian, possibly Messina
Spinario, Attributed to Antonello Gagini (Italian, Palermo 1478–1536 Palermo), Bronze, Italian, possibly Messina
Spinario, Attributed to Antonello Gagini (Italian, Palermo 1478–1536 Palermo), Bronze, Italian, possibly Messina
Spinario, Attributed to Antonello Gagini (Italian, Palermo 1478–1536 Palermo), Bronze, Italian, possibly Messina

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