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