Attributed to Agesander, Athenedoros, and Polydoros, it shows Antiphas and Thymbraeus on either side of their father, fending off snakes.
Charles Bell, Johann Winckelmann, and Gotthold Lessing each wrote treatises on this work, discussing whether it portrayed "nobility," "groaning," or "silence." Shortly after its 1506 discovery in the palace of Titus, Boldrini and Titian created versions of it that replace all the figures with monkeys. Attributed to Agesander, Athenedoros, and Polydoros, it shows Antiphas and Thymbraeus on either side of their father, fending off snakes. For 10 points, name this sculpture showing the demise of a Trojan priest's family.
Charles Bell, Johann Winckelmann, and Gotthold Lessing each wrote treatises on this work, discussing whether it portrayed "nobility," "groaning," or "silence."
{Laocoön} [lay-AH-koh-ahn] group [or The Death of {Laocoön} and his Sons]