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FRENCH ECOLE FROM THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY, AFTER THE ANT…
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FRENCH ECOLE FROM THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY, AFTER THE ANT…
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Description
FRENCH ECOLE FROM THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
The thorn puller
In white marble
Height 62 - Width 37 - Depth 43 cm
Related works :
- Roman art, 1st century BC, El spinario, marble, H.84 cm, Florence, Offizi, n°inv.1914 n. 177
- Roman art, El spinario, 1st century BC, bronze, H. 73 cm, Rome , Musei Capitolini, inv. MC1186
The Spinario or thorn puller is one of Rome's most famous antiques and one of the most admired and copied of the Renaissance. Pope Sixtus IV had it transferred from the Lateran Palace to the Capitoline Palace in 1471. In 1540, Cardinal Hippolythe d'Este, then Archbishop of Lyon, presented a bronze copy to Francis I. Part of Napoleon Bonaparte's spoils of war, it was exhibited in the Louvre in Paris from 1798 to 1815. Today, it is housed in the Hall of Triumphs in the Palazzo dei Conservatori of the Capitoline Museum in Rome, and its appeal has never waned, as evidenced by the many replicas that have been produced over the centuries.
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Ref. : V250557 - 1
Lot description modified on 06/01/2026 at 11:05 AM
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