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| [ Untitled ] 16x19.5 cms. Image set in a page of text of a sculptural grouping which depicts an event in Virgil's Aenied ( The Trojan priest Laocoon and his sons were strangled by sea snakes, sent by the gods who favoured the Greeks, while he was sacrificing at the altar of Neptune. Because Laocoön had tried to warn the Trojan citizens of the danger of bringing in the Trojan horse, he incurred the wrath of the gods ). This sculpture is in Rome. On verso another woodcut set in a page of text of Roman attire. Ref # MART3 Price: $ 80.00 |