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Laocoön and His Sons

Ancient Greece, 200BCE
Laocoön and His Sons, Ancient Greece
Laocoön and His Sons, zoomed in
208 cmLaocoön and His Sons scale comparison163 cm

Laocoön and His Sons is an Ancient Greek Marble Sculpture created in 200BCE. It lives at the Vatican Museums in Italy. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Death in Art, Snakes and Sculpture. See Laocoön and His Sons in the Kaleidoscope

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