Vatican – 5 – Laocoön

Statue of Laocoön and his sons attacked by a serpent

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.