Laocoon Bronze group early 1900s

Registration number

1644201

Title

Laocoon Bronze group

Production date

early 1900s

Medium

bronze, marble

Dimensions (H x W x D)

56 x 40.1 x 19.5 cm (sculpture); 17.5 x 40.1 x 19.5 cm (marble base)

Inscriptions

LAOCOON BRONZE GROUP / PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF MELBOURNE BY / J A HEYMEN ESQ. JUNE 1933. / LAOCOON WAS THE PRIEST OF APOLLO AND SON OF PRIAM / AND FOR THE PART HE TOOK IN OPPOSING THE ENTRANCE INTO TROY / OF THE WOODEN HORSE OF THE GREEKS MINERVA CAUSED TWO GIGANTIC / SERPENTS TO ISSUE FROM THE SEA AND ENGAGE LAOCOONS TWO SONS IN THEIR TOILS. THE FATHER RUSHED TO THE RESCUE OF HIS SONS AND THE NEXT / MOMENT ALL THREE WERE IN THE GRASP OF THE SERPENTS AND WERE CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Laocoon, Bronze, Sculpture

Summary

Bronze sculpture on marble base depicting three figures - Laocoon and his two sons being crushed to death by a serpent.