Sheet with a Study after the "Spinario" and Other Sculptures

On the verso is a sketch of a helmet. The statue depicted at center is the celebrated Hellenistic bronze known as the Spinario ("Thorn-Puller"). Gossaert certainly worked from the original, which, then as now, is at the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome. The sandaled foot at the right is from a statue of a genius (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli). Although the drawing gives the impression of being a random collection of studies after antique sculpture, the symmetrical composition and precise execution suggest that it was based on earlier studies made on the spot. Throughout his career, G... Mehr ...