Caricature of the Laocoon Group
c. 1540/1545
Artist, Italian, born c. 1510, active c. 1530 - c. 1570

Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on white laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 26.5 x 40.1 cm (10 7/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
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Accession
1972.49.4
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Catalogue Raisonné
Passavant, no. 97
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(P. & D. Colnaghi, Ltd., London); sold 1972 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2000
The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.
2018
Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, cat. by Jamie Gabbarelli, NGA, 2018, no.
Bibliography
1860
Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864.
1976
Rosand, David and Michelangelo Muraro. Titian and the Venetian Woodcut. Washington, D.C., 1976: 188-190.
2019
Cranston, Jodi. Green Worlds of Renaissance Venice. University Park, 2019: 134-137, fig. 71.
Wikidata ID
Q65579180