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The Apollo Belvedere seen from the front and in three quarter view; a boy holding a water vessel; one of the sons of Laocoön battling with a serpent. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after G. Audran.

The family of Laocoön entwined in coils of DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.

Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Photograph, ca. 1870, of a sculpture by Agesander of Rhodes.

A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.

Alcoholism as a monstrous boa constrictor which forces a man to drink from a bottle held in its jaws, and crushes him and his wife and children. Colour lithograph by M. Biro, 19--.

Laocoön. Etching by F. Perrier, 1638.

Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

Analysis of beauty. Plate I.

The Laocoön sculpture seen from behind. Pen and ink drawing after G. Audran.

The Laocoön sculpture seen from the left side. Pen and ink drawing after G. Audran.

Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Photograph, ca. 1870, of a sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli, ca. 1530, after a sculpture by Agesandro of Rhodes, ca. 50 (?).

The Laocoön sculpture. Pen and ink drawing after G. Audran.

Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

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The Apollo Belvedere seen from the front and in three quarter view; a boy holding a water vessel; one of the sons of Laocoön battling with a serpent. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after G. Audran.

The Laocoön sculpture seen from the left side. Pen and ink drawing after G. Audran.

Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Photograph, ca. 1870, of a sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli, ca. 1530, after a sculpture by Agesandro of Rhodes, ca. 50 (?).

The Laocoön sculpture. Pen and ink drawing after G. Audran.

Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.