Vatican - 5 - Laocoön
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Vatican - 5 - Laocoön
Statue of Laocoön at the Vatican Museum, Italy. 1st century CE Roman copy after a Greek original,
Exhibited at the Vatican Museum, Italy.
There are several copies of Laocoön in existence. A modern copy is in the Palace of the Grant Master in Rhodes, Greece.
This copy of the statue is identified as the one described by Pliny the Elder as a masterpiece of the sculptors of Rhodes. Found in 1506 on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, Italy.