Dente, Marco

This engraving, based on a Hellenistic bronze sculpture of the third century BCE, depicts a seated boy cautiously removing a thorn from his foot. It is a rare example of an ancient sculpture that was transferred from collection to collection, never far from the study of artists and the admiring eye of connoisseurs. This early engraving is one of sixty that Marco Dente produced during his years working after antique models in Rome.