A monumental marble sculpture depicting the Trojan priest Laoöcon and his two sons being crushed by sea serpents, traditionally attributed to the Rhodian sculptors Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus. Rediscovered in Rome in 1506, it profoundly influenced Renaissance and Baroque depictions of the human body in extreme physical and emotional distress.
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A monumental marble sculpture depicting the Trojan priest Laoöcon and his two sons being crushed by sea serpents, traditionally attributed to the Rhodian sculptors Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus.
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