In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
According to contemporary accounts, Michelangelo attended the excavation of the Greek sculpture Laocoön and His Sons when it was unearthed near Rome in 1506. Laocoön was a Trojan priest who, along with his two sons, was attacked by sea serpents sent by the goddess Athena. The emotional agony of the sculpture fascinated Michelangelo and artists throughout Italy, inspiring copies and variations. In this drawing, a northern Italian artist referenced just one figure from the story using the chiaroscuro technique—achieved here with dark and light inks on blue toned paper—to emphasize the sculptural quality of the body.
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Unknown — Faun Attacking a Snake
Melchior Lorck (Danish, 1526/27–after 1588) — Crucified Man
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino — Nude Demon Encircled by a Serpent
Andrea Mantegna — Hercules and the Hydra
Julian Alden Weir (American, 1852–1919) — Arcturus
Heinrich Aldegrever — Hercules Fighting the Hydra of Lerna, 
Stefano della Bella — Plate 7: a triton in the water, facing
Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) — Seated Nude Youth
Pierre Biard the Younger (French, 1592–1661) — Ignudo (after
Marco Dente|Marcantonio Raimondi — Laocoön and his sons bein
Sisto Badalocchio|Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) — S
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617) — Hercules and Telephos
