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Lacoon and His Sons : An Analysis

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The statue of Laocotzn and His Sons can be presently found in Vatican Museum in Rome . The sculpture is believed to be made around 42 to 20 BC The carvers of the statue are attributed to three artists who lived in the island of Rhodes : Agesander , Athenodoros and Polydorus . Pliny the Elder , a famous Roman author , states that the sculptor Agesander is the one who carved the father while his son , Athenodoros and his pupil Polydorus

, made the boys ( Herder 109 . Pliny the Elder specifically states that this statue stands in the bath of Emperor Titus . After many years of silent oblivion , it was discovered in 1506 in Rome in Emperor Nero 's golden house . Pope Julius II bought the sculpture and displayed it in Belvedere in Vatican Garden now part of the Vatican Museum . During the discovery , the right arms of Laocoon and the two sons were missing so that a restoration to original look ' was undertaken (Herder 109 . The statue is composed of three naked figures , a father and his two sons with two serpents intertwined around their bodies . When it was found , many concluded that the three figures were carved out of one marble but Michelangelo proved that it was made from three separate marbles : the son in the left is made of one piece the upper part of Laocotzn the second piece , and the rest of the group made up the third piece...