The art of the Vatican; being a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal art treasures within its walls (1903)
Potter, Mary Knight, d. 1915 · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 270
two sons, both ofwhom are under size. This pyramidal form is in-creased by his wrongly restored right arm, nowthrust through the serpent coils up into the air farabove his head. It would be more compact andbetter massed if the hand was where it undoubtedlyoriginally was, resting on or near the… … LAOCOON In the Cortii= del Belvedere Utic Sculpture (Ballcrica 249 the father that made it seem to him so wondrousa work. If one could thus translate the struggle tothe realms of real tragedy unquestionably the gran-deur of the group would be immeasurably increased.But to most observers to-day…
Vatican. Museo vaticano · Art
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