Bust of an agonized man (possibly Laocoön)
2nd century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
Strong human emotions are the hallmark of Hellenistic art. Drunken old women, headstrong children, and weary athletes were popular subjects. These same subjects were also fashionable among the Imperial Roman audience centuries later, a major market for contemporary copies of Hellenistic Greek originals. The agonized man was one of these enduring subjects, seen in copies from small to large scale, of the famous Laocoön group. Based on the man's face and his body torsion, this fragment is either Hellenistic Greek or later Roman.
Marble
16 1/4 x 12 x 7 3/4 in. (41.3 x 30.5 x 19.7 cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
48.188
Photo: Paul Macapia
