Live Auction 7470Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit Including Collection of a Nobleman Part I
A FRENCH OR ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP OF THE LAOCOON
Lot 153

A FRENCH OR ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP OF THE LAOCOON

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed20 November 2012

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GBP 12,500

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A FRENCH OR ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP OF THE LAOCOON
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
After the Antique, the central figure entwined with a snake, flanked by his two sons
28½ in. (73 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a discussion of the model see F. Haskell et N. Penny, Taste and the Antique - The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London, 1981, no. 52, pp. 243-247.