print
- Museum number
- 1845,0825.707
- Description
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Laocoon and his two sons devoured by the snake, after the antique statue
Engraving
- Production date
- 1506-1520
- Dimensions
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Height: 283 millimetres
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Width: 250 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The statue was discovered in 1506. The engraving shows it reversed, before the restoration of the right arm, and is probably the earliest print of the group.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2006-7 Nov-Feb, Rome, Musei Vaticani, 'Laoconte...'
- Acquisition date
- 1845
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1845,0825.707