Laocoön and His Sons
sculpture in the Museo Pio-Clementino
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Summary
Laocoön and His Sons is a sculpture[1]. It was born in Italy[2]. It ranks in the top 0.85% of sculpture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,536 views/month, #13 of 1,525).[3]
Key Facts
- Field of work: ancient Greek sculpture[4], figurative art[5], Greek mythology[6], Hellenistic period[7]
- Creator: Agesander of Rhodes[8], Athanadoros[9], Polydoros[10]
- Country: Vatican City[11]
- Instance of: group of sculptures[12]
- Movement: Hellenistic sculpture[13]
- Genre: nude[14], group of sculptures[15]
- Based on: Aeneid[16]
- Depicts: Laocoön[17], man[18], boy[19], agony[20], family[21], snake[22], altar[23], beard[24], nudity[25], pubic hair[26], navel[27], drapery[28]
- Made from material: marble[29]
- Location of discovery: Rome[30], Oppian Hill[31]
- Collection: Pio-Clementino museum[32]
- Inventory number: MV.1059.0.0[33]
- Location: Pio-Clementino museum[34]
- Commons category: Laocoon group[35]
- Country of origin: Italy[36]
- Inception: 42 BC[37], 150 BC[38], 1 BC[39]
- Main subject: Laocoön[40]
- Described at URL: https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0[41]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[43], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[44], The Encyclopedia Americana[45]
- Title: Laocoön and His Sons (Laocoön)[46]
- Height: 2.42 m[47], 184 cm[48]
- Width: 160 cm[49]
- Time period: Ancient Greece[50], culture of ancient Rome[51]
- Culture: Ancient Greece[52], culture of ancient Rome[53]
- Derivative work: Laocoon Group[54], Laocoon and his sons[55]
Why It Matters
Laocoön and His Sons has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
FAQs
Where was Laocoön and His Sons born?
Laocoön and His Sons was born in Italy[2].