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Description: Original of 1st century BCE, or a Roman copy, adaptation, or original of the 1st century CE. Marble, height 8' (2.44 m). The Laocoön This work by sculptors Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athenodoros is thought to be a Hellenistic original from the first century BCE, but may be a copy. The complex composition relates a story from the Trojan War. It was meant to be viewed frontally despite being sculpted in the round. Picture Stats: Views: 368 Filesize: 36.86kB Height: 402 Width: 648 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=35490 |