Laocoon group, from Esquiline Hill, Rome, c30 BC. Artist: Unknown.

Laocoon group, from Esquiline Hill, Rome, c30 BC. Artist: Unknown.

2-668-954 - © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford/Heritage Images

Laocoon group, from Esquiline Hill, Rome, c30 BC. Laokoon naked with full beard and long hair sits on a square altar partly covered by his mantle, trying to free himself from two snakes. On either side is a naked boy (Laocoon’s sons) with short hair likewise engaged. Late Hellenistic. Dimensions: height x width: 238 x 165 cm


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :

Medium
  1. Marble

Picture Type
  1. Object

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Science & Nature Animal Life

Religion & Belief Mythology

History & Politics Artefacts


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4134x5616
File Size : 68,018kb


Aliases

  1. CG:B-130
  1. CG_B_130-a
  1. 0870000563
  1. 2-668-954
  1. 2668954
  1. CG:B-170


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