40004882, Marlborough, 499, Laocoon. The scheme is roughly as the Vatican marble group except that the children are shown as babies and there is a third below, trodden on by his father. Rocks and trees at the edge. 'Probably 17th-century, even by the hand of Fiamingo' (Story-Maskelyne)., Unknown, Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009), Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870), no. 499, Cameo, Shell, Probably 17th cent.

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