brother Wilhelm Schadow, which depicts the Schadow brothers and the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (6). The work has also been immortalised as a relief on Ridolfo Schadow’s tomb (5). The motif, in which [...] knee of the other leg, is reminiscent of the pose from an antique bronze sculpture, the Thorn Remover (1 st century BC), which has been documented in Rome since the 12 th century. Contemporary works also provided