Serpentarium Mundi of Alexei Alexeev The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present)
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Figure EUR-vat-007. The Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons struggling with two sea-serpents.


Medium: Category
(Object):
Artist/Workshop: Historical/Art
Period, Date:
Provenience: Collection:
Parian marble Sculpture
(Carved
statue)
Agesander, Atheno-doros, Polydoros
(fl. first century BC/
first century AD)
Late Hellenistic/ Roman Imperial,
first century BC/
first century AD
Sette Sale, Oppian Hill, Rome, Lazio, Central Italy Musei Vaticani (Mu-seo Pio-Clementino, Cortile Ottagono), Vatican, Inventory
№ 1059

Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Vatican Expedition, 29 March - 25 April 2015). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details).

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