Curator’s inspection

Move across the painting — or drag on touch — to study brushwork and craquelure through the curator’s loupe.
Laocoön and His Sons
The Trojan priest and his sons writhe in the coils of sea serpents.
Unearthed in Rome in 1506; Michelangelo was summoned to the excavation.
Its rediscovery shaped the muscular drama of Renaissance and Baroque sculpture.
Source: Wikimedia Commons. Public domain work; reproduction licence as listed at source.


