Word: laocoon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...come. They appear to be: a sketch for the legs of Duke Giuliano, a risen Christ striding forward from a wall by the staircase, a figure of Zacharias writing the name of John the Baptist on a tablet at the prompting of an angel, a memory of the Laocoon-the great Hellenistic figure group that had so impressed Michelangelo when he saw it, newly dug up from a vineyard, in Rome. Though a few of the sketches may be by Michelangelo's assistants, the authenticity of most of them was accepted by nearly all the experts who visited...
...spare time. O'Connell said that he had worked on the case not only for the state but on behalf of his spare-time clients, the public utility districts. The fee from Alioto had been for that nonofficial work. Claiming that they had been unaware of all the Laocoon lawyering, the clients went to court to get the fees back...