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Laocoön
Laocoön
Laocoön
Laocoön
Laocoön
Laocoön
Laocoön
Laocoön
Laocoön

Image credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum

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Loosely based on the famous Hellenistic marble group in Belvedere courtyard of the Vatican, but Laocoön's sons are positioned differently; one son, for example, is shown face down across his father's knees, arms about his head.

The Fitzwilliam Museum

Cambridge

Title

Laocoön

Date

1600

Medium

bronze, cast

Measurements

Plinth: H 2.7 x W 12 x D 5.3 cm;
H 10.9 x W 10.4 x D 5.4 cm

Accession number

M.24-1952

Acquisition method

gift from T. W. J. Bullock, 1952

Work type

Bust

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