Man Entwined by Two Snakes

c. 1527 Sheet: 19.2 x 11.7 cm (7 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.) Source image
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According to contemporary accounts, Michelangelo attended the excavation of the Greek sculpture Laocoön and His Sons when it was unearthed near Rome in 1506. Laocoön was a Trojan priest who, along with his two sons, was attacked by sea serpents sent by the goddess Athena. The...

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