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The Laocoon Group, c.25 BC (marble)

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SBL426303
Image title
The Laocoon Group, c.25 BC (marble)
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Greek school, (1st century BC) / Greek
Location
Vatican Museums and Galleries (Musei e Gallerie Pontificie), Vatican City
Medium
marble
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Laocoon was a Trojan priest, he broke his oath of celibacy, and while preparing to sacrifice a bull to the god Poseidon, he was crushed to death with his twin sons by two sea serpents (Porces and Chariboea) sent by Apollo; known as Laocoon and His Sons;

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beard / child / snake / reptile / animal / pergamene style / hellenistic / snake / entwined / struggle / seer / sculpture / despair / beard / biting / classical / son / snakes / male / plinth / struggling / muscular / statue
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Largest available format 3436 × 5120 px 6 MB
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Large 3436 × 5120 px 291 × 433 mm 5.5 MB
Medium 687 × 1024 px 58 × 87 mm 622 KB

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