Il Porcellino (The little pig)
Il Porcellino (The little pig) statue outside the Sydney Hospital is a copy of a Pietro Tacca's wild boar statue in a 17th century fountain in Marketo Nuovo, Florence.In1962 five copies of Tacca's sculpture were cast by the Florence foundry, Fonderia Ferdinando Marinelli. One of the copies was donated to the Sydney Hospital by Marchessa Clarissa Torrigiani in memory of her father and brother. Both had been renown surgeons at the hospital.