Curator’s inspection
Laocoön and His Sons

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.

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