11. Laocoon in Germany

Authors :: Nisbet, Hugh Barr
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Open Book Publishers, 2021.
Abstract: ‘Laocoon and his sons’, also known as ‘the Laocoon Group’. Marble, copy after an Hellenistic original from ca. 200 BC. Found in the Baths of Trajan in 1506. Museo Pio Clementino, Octagon, Laocoon Hall, Vatican Museums. Photograph by Marie-Lan Nguyen (2009), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Laocoon_Pio-Clementino_Inv1059-1064-1067.jpg The Laocoon group in the Vatican, reputedly the work of the three Rhodian sculptors Hagesandros, Athanodorus, and Po...