"Laocoonte and his sons", El Greco

This soon ending year was chosen to be Domenikos Theotocopoulos' year, more known as El Greco, due to his 400th death anniversary.

This is one of his last paintings and the only mythological one. It's an artistic will: we can appreciate his Greek roots, his Venetian formation and his professional developement in Toledo in it.

Let's figure out the meaning of this artwork in our new analysis:

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Sources:Álvarez Lopera, J. El Greco. La obra esencial. Madrid, Silex, 1993;

Kauffmann, G. Die Kunst des 16. Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Propyläen V., 1990;

National Gallery of Art: www.nga.gov;

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