Laocoon and his sons
Laocoon and his sons is a sculpture of marble by Joseph Chinard measuring 0.830 meters high, 0.650 meters wide and a depth of 0.320 meters. It is a reduced copy of the ancient group of the Laocoon. It was during a trip to Rome that he realized this sculpture inspired by the technique of the Manufacture de Doccia in the years 1740-1750 which is the reduction of porcelain enamelled white.
It is preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon and dates from the eighteenth century.Laocoon and his sons, is a sculpture depicting Laocoon prey to the serpents sent by Poseidon, and his two sons. The exaggerated distortion of the bodies puts in scene the tragedy of the myth and expresses the fatality of their destiny to all three.
The father's head is turned back, his mouth wide open. The faces of the children, meanwhile, are between suffering and resignation as they try to save their father. The serpents having managed, despite the struggle, to bite Laocoon, the child of the right seems to have resigned itself to its destiny. The characters are in motion by the distortion of their body and their ample postures.
