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Model:
Agesandros, Athanodoros, Polydoros, Laocoon and his sons
40-30 BC / BCE - Vatican Museums, Vatican City
The statuary group, which in the original also includes the two little children crushed by sea serpents, was found in 1506 in Rome on the Esquiline and immediately identified with the work described by Pliny as the masterpiece of the three famous sculptors of Rhodes. Julius II purchased it for the Vatican's Courtyard of Statues, making it one of the most famous pieces.
Title: Laocoon
Author: Fabio Viale
Date: 2020
Technique: White marble and pigments
Displayed in: Royal Museums Turin
In the Exhibition: Fabio Viale.
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