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[Laocoön and His Sons]
Unknownabout 1870–1890
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A sculpture of a nude male figure (Laocoon) and his sons struggling with snakes. Laocoon has one arm extended above his head and is holding snakes with both hands. The two boys are on either side of Laocoon and are both wrapped in snakes.
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Details
- Title: [Laocoön and His Sons]
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 1870–1890
- Location Created: Rome, Italy; Vatican City
- Physical Dimensions: 52.4 × 40.3 cm (20 5/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XP.771.7
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Unknown maker, Italian
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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