LAOCOON ENAMEL (PIERRE COURTEYS)

From conception to fame

An episode from the series ART FILES

Synopsis

This is the world's largest relief enamel. A miniature masterpiece of titanic proportions, created in the 16th century.

But how was Pierre Courteys, a modest craftsman, able to reproduce an antique marble on display at the Vatican?

The Laocoon becomes the thread in a dizzying investigation, between workshop secrets and Renaissance brilliance, in search of an artist as elusive as he was daring.