Found in Rome in 1506, this Hellenistic work's subject matter was also depicted by El Greco on a hillside with three naked men observing the tragedy from the right.
For some time, this work was believed to be complementary to the Apollo Belvedere, and a replica of this statue is located outside the Archeological Museum in Odessa. One of the individuals depicted in this sculptural work lends his name to a Gotthold Lessing work subtitled An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry. Found in Rome in 1506, this Hellenistic work's subject matter was also depicted by El Greco on a hillside with three naked men observing the tragedy from the right. Originally created by Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes, for ten points, identify this sculpture group which depicts a Trojan priest and his sons strangled by serpents.
For some time, this work was believed to be complementary to the Apollo Belvedere, and a replica of this statue is located outside the Archeological Museum in Odessa.
{Laocoon} group