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THE HELLENISTIC AGE OF SCULPTURE.
The Laocoon group, now in the Vatican, was discovered in Rome in 1506,
near the Sette Sale, the site of Titus' palace on the Esquiline. Popular tra-
dition indeed continues, through the modern guides, to point out, as the spot
of its discovery, the Baths of Titus, where the niche is shown from which it
Fig. 243. Laocoon and his Sons. Marble Group in the Vatican.
is said to have been taken, — proved, however, by measurements, to be much
too small for the large pedestal of the Laocoon group. The site of discovery
corresponds, then, with Pliny's statement; but in one feature the Vatican La-
ocoon fails to coincide with what the Roman writer says, viz., as to its being
of one block. Michel Angelo, who attempted but relinquished the restora-
THE HELLENISTIC AGE OF SCULPTURE.
The Laocoon group, now in the Vatican, was discovered in Rome in 1506,
near the Sette Sale, the site of Titus' palace on the Esquiline. Popular tra-
dition indeed continues, through the modern guides, to point out, as the spot
of its discovery, the Baths of Titus, where the niche is shown from which it
Fig. 243. Laocoon and his Sons. Marble Group in the Vatican.
is said to have been taken, — proved, however, by measurements, to be much
too small for the large pedestal of the Laocoon group. The site of discovery
corresponds, then, with Pliny's statement; but in one feature the Vatican La-
ocoon fails to coincide with what the Roman writer says, viz., as to its being
of one block. Michel Angelo, who attempted but relinquished the restora-