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Laocoön (Greek mythological character)

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  • A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.
  • Alcoholism as a monstrous boa constrictor which forces a man to drink from a bottle held in its jaws, and crushes him and his wife and children. Colour lithograph by M. Biro, 19--.
  • Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.
  • Proportions of the human body: four figures of the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön group, with proportions marked. Line engraving by W. Grainger, 1788/1795, after G. Audran (?).
  • A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.
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    Laocoön attacked by a sea snake. Engraving attributed to P. Lombard.

    | Date: 1697 | Reference: 11385i
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    Laocoön and his sons are attacked by snakes. Colour aquatint with etching by J.G. Prestel and/or M.K. Prestel, 1783, after R. La Fage.

    La Fage, Raymond, 1656-1684. | Date: [1783?] | Reference: 2477414i
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    Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

    Badalocchio, Sisto, 1585- | Date: 1606 | Reference: 11386i
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    A savant in his cabinet, surrounded by chemical and other apparatus, examining a flask. Oil painting by Mattheus van Helmont, 167-.

    Helmont, Mattheus van, 1623-after 1674. | Reference: 45123i
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    Three human skeletons displayed with a snake skeleton, representing Laocoön and his sons. Photograph, ca. 1929.

    | Date: 1929 | Reference: 566107i
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