Laocoön

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

Laocoön

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1550–1559

Medium

Pen and iron gall ink with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove card

Dimensions

18.2 × 27.6 cm (7 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.5423

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