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Laocoon Torso - Item #13529 Inches High x 26 Inches Wide x 12 Inches Deep The full size torso of the Trojan priest Laocon from the group Laocon and his sons. The group represents a scene described in Virgils Aeneid in which the Trojan priest Laocon and his sons are set upon by serpents at Poseidon's command as punishment for Laocon warning the Trojans against the wooden horse. The sculpture group was discovered on January 14, 1506 during an excavation in a vineyard owned by

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The existing reliefs may be based on a lost work by Donatello

Also see companion piece Item #27

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michelangelo

brings civilization to the chaotic and disordered world that the animals represent

Here one of the goddesses of victory is seen gracefully bending down to fasten a loosened sandal as she walks

Musei in Comune

38 Inches High x 56 Inches Wide x 3 Inches Deep

Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye

5th century B