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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R835NA
People
Nicolas Beatrizet the Younger, Italian (active 1540 - 1565)
Title
The Laocoön in a Niche
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1550s
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/243779

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 37.4 × 25 cm (14 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: LAOCHOON
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: M
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: Che [?] N[illegible text] G[illegible text] / [illegible text] 1755
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: WW [crossed out] / OP [underlined]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 90

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, John Witt Randall Fund
Object Number
R835NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alan Chong and Lorenzo Principi, ed., The Sculpture of Giovan Angelo Montorsoli and His Circle: Myth and Faith in Renaissance Florence, exh. cat., Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NY, 2018), cat. no. 23, repr., also repr. p. 168

Exhibition History

  • The Sculpture of Giovan Angelo Montorsoli and His Circle: Myth and Faith in Renaissance Florence, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 10/13/2018 - 01/21/2019

Verification Level

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