19th century bronze figure of Spinario (Boy with the Thorn in his Foot). In the 12th century it was identified as Absalom (son of David), by a Jewish traveller. It is written in 2 Samuel 14:25: ‘But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty; from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.’ 20cm high.
