Laocoön and His Sons

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Hellenistic sculpture ancient sculpture classical artwork group sculpture marble sculpture

Laocoön and His Sons is a renowned ancient Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting the Trojan priest Laocoön and his two sons being attacked by sea serpents, celebrated for its intense emotion and dynamic composition.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Laocoön 5
Laocoön and His Sons canonical 2
Hellenistic sculpture Laocoön and His Sons 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ
ancient sculpture ⓘ
classical artwork ⓘ
group sculpture ⓘ
marble sculpture ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance canonical work of Western sculpture ⓘ
key example of Hellenistic pathos ⓘ
attributedTo Agesander of Rhodes ⓘ
Agesander of Rhodes ⓘ
surface form: Athanodoros of Rhodes

Polydoros of Rhodes ⓘ
basedOn earlier Greek bronze original (hypothesized) ⓘ
commissionedBy unknown ⓘ
culture Greek ⓘ
currentCity Vatican City ⓘ
currentCollection Vatican Museums ⓘ
surface form: Museo Pio-Clementino
currentLocation Vatican Museums ⓘ
depicts Laocoön and His Sons self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Laocoön

Laocoön’s sons ⓘ
punishment of Laocoön by the gods ⓘ
scene from the Trojan War myth ⓘ
sea serpents ⓘ
discoveredAt Rome ⓘ
discoveredDuring pontificate of Pope Julius II ⓘ
discoveryYear 1506 ⓘ
earliestModernDocumentationBy Pliny the Elder ⓘ
surface form: Pliny the Elder (literary description of a Laocoön group)
estimatedCreationDate 1st century BCE ⓘ
foundNear site of the Domus Aurea on the Esquiline Hill ⓘ
genre mythological sculpture ⓘ
height approximately 2.0 meters ⓘ
iconography divine punishment ⓘ
struggle against fate ⓘ
influenced Italian Renaissance art ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
art theory on the sublime ⓘ
neoclassical sculpture ⓘ
material marble ⓘ
movement Hellenistic art ⓘ
mythSource story of Laocoön, priest of Apollo at Troy ⓘ
notableFor complex twisting poses ⓘ
detailed anatomy ⓘ
dramatic expressions ⓘ
dynamic composition ⓘ
intense emotion ⓘ
ownedBy Holy See ⓘ
period late Hellenistic period ⓘ
style Hellenistic baroque ⓘ
subjectOrigin Greek mythology ⓘ
title Laocoön and His Sons self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenistic art → notableWork → Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
Sinon (in some traditions) → opposedBy → Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
subject surface form: Sinon
this entity surface form: Laocoön
The Greek → notableWork → Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laocoön
Laocoön → basedOn → Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
subject surface form: Laocoön (El Greco)
this entity surface form: myth of Laocoön and his sons
Laocoön → influencedBy → Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
subject surface form: Laocoön (El Greco)
this entity surface form: Hellenistic sculpture Laocoön and His Sons
Laokoon → discusses → Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laocoön group (Hellenistic sculpture)
Ancient Greek sculpture → hasNotableWork → Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laocoön Group
Trojan Horse → associatedWith → Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laocoön
Trojan Horse → warnedAboutBy → Laocoön and His Sons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laocoön
Laocoön and His Sons → title → Laocoön and His Sons self-link ⓘ
Laocoön and His Sons → depicts → Laocoön and His Sons self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laocoön