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The Laöcoon
Engraver:
Date:
early 16th century
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Engraving
Dimensions:
27.8 x 40.1 cm (image)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Provenance:
Provenance:
LR recto: W. Esdaile (L. 2617);
Accession Number:
1963.30.3146
Acquisition Date:
1940-01-18
Credit Line:
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
By a seashore with classical ruins, a statue of a man with outstretched arms and two boys by his side, all entangled in large snakes as other snakes approach from the sea.
Contemporaneous Works “Art from the same century and country”
St. Peter, after the engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (early 16th century)