Laocoön Tome I, pl. 87. (ca. 1720)

By: Marbré Romain. (After Roman sculptor). - Montefauçon, Bernard de.

Size: 13.00 H x 7.50 W inches

Source: L’Antique Expliquée et Representée en Figurs. Montefauchon, ca. 1719-1724.

Item #: 83115

42.5 x 28 cm (16.75 x 11”); 33 x 18.5 cm (13 x 7.5”) in the plate. Pic. 1 works. Stamped “MW” bottom left margin. Matted and sealed. Fine.The priest Laocoon warned the Trojans not to trust the gift of the Trojan horse, that it was a trick designed to bring the enemy into the city. The gods who were on the sides of the Greeks during the war wanted to retaliate against Laocoon for his warning. They sent a sea creature to kill him and his sons as the wondered along the shoreline.

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