Boy with Thorn
Owner: The Raphael Hotel
Artist: Bernhard Zuckerman
Dates: 1976
Medium: Marble (sculpture), concrete (base)
Description:
In front of the Raphael Hotel is Boy with Thorn. It is a copy of the original 5th century sculpture that resides in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy and it was sculpted by Bernhard Zuckerman. The sculpture depicts a nude boy sitting on a stone pillar or wall trying to remove a thorn from the bottom of his left foot.
