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Cast of the Barberini Faun
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cast of statue, Capitoline Venus
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cast of statue, Aphrodite crouching
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Cast of statue, drunk old woman
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cast of statue, so-called Ariadne asleep
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Cast of statue, boxer
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cast of torso, so-called Belvedere torso
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cast of statue, Nike of Samothrace
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cast of statue, Artemis
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cast of statue, so-called Prince of the baths
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cast of statue, Peplophoros
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cast of statue, Poseidon
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cast of statue, Laocoon
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cast of a statue, Venus of the Esquiline
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cast of statue, Spinario
Cast of the Barberini Faun
cast of statue, Capitoline Venus
cast of statue, Aphrodite crouching
Cast of statue, drunk old woman
cast of statue, so-called Ariadne asleep
Cast of statue, boxer
cast of torso, so-called Belvedere torso
cast of statue, Nike of Samothrace
cast of statue, Artemis
cast of statue, so-called Prince of the baths
cast of statue, Peplophoros
cast of statue, Poseidon
cast of statue, Laocoon
cast of a statue, Venus of the Esquiline
cast of statue, Spinario

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Description

The cast represents a completely naked young boy, sitting on a rocky spur, bending forward in the act of removing a thorn from the sole of his left foot, resting on his right thigh. The head, inspired by models of Greek art of the fifth century. BC, has severe features, in particular in the rigid rendering of the hair, long and wavy, but compact around the head. The subject depicted is generally interpreted as a shepherd boy. The original bronze work, from which the cast derives, is kept in the Capitoline Museums and has been known since the 12th century; in 1471 Pope Sixtus IV donated it to the city of Rome, when the bronze was transferred from the Lateran to the Campidoglio. The statuette is considered an eclectic work, a copy of the second half of the 1st century. B.C


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