A PLASTER BUST OF LAOCOON AND A PLASTER BUST OF THE VENUS DE CAPUA TOGETHER WITH TWO WHITE MARBLE PEDESTALS
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A PLASTER BUST OF LAOCOON AND A PLASTER BUST OF THE VENUS DE CAPUA TOGETHER WITH TWO WHITE MARBLE PEDESTALS

THE BUSTS AFTER THE ANTIQUE, MODERN, THE PEDESTALS 19TH CENTURY

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A PLASTER BUST OF LAOCOON AND A PLASTER BUST OF THE VENUS DE CAPUA TOGETHER WITH TWO WHITE MARBLE PEDESTALS
THE BUSTS AFTER THE ANTIQUE, MODERN, THE PEDESTALS 19TH CENTURY
Approx. 70 in. (178 cm.) high (4)

Specialist note

The bust of Laocoon is after the 2nd century BC Greek original in the collections of the Vatican Museum, Rome.
The marble original 'Venus de Capua' is in the collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. Venus was the Roman incarnation of the ancient Greek goddess Aphrodite, goddess of love.