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Laocoön
Laocoön

Laocoön

Primary (1506–1551)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Datecirca 1525-1530
MediumEtching
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 16, Robert-Dumesnil, Inventaire 20
DimensionsSheet: 4 1/8 × 5 7/8 in. (10.5 × 15 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.277
Keywords
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.277
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Label Text
The statue of the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic original, was unearthed in 1506, immediately celebrated, and copied by innumerable artists. Based upon other prints of the statue, Gourmont’s is an unusually free interpretation of both the figural group and a classical antique setting.
Exhibitions
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L'Enfant dans la Galerie [The Child in the Courtyard]
Jean de Gourmont I
circa 1525
Object number: 2002.278
Saint Mary Magdalene in Prayer
Saint Mary Magdalene in Prayer
Jean Leblond I
circa 1630-1650, printed after 1727
Object number: 2015.13.15/98
Frontispiece to Ornemens Inventez par J. Berain [Ornament Invented by J. Berain]
Frontispiece to Ornemens Inventez par J. Berain [Ornament Invented by J. Berain]
Jean Bérain I
1662
Object number: 2002.393
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Plate from Carrousel du Roi
Jean Bérain I
1662
Object number: 2002.394
Image Not Available for Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, after Raphael, plate 29 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings i
Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, after Raphael, plate 29 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings i
Francois I De Poilly
1729
Object number: P1963.4.29/178
Image Not Available for Bathing Nymphs, after Giulio Romano, plate 64 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings in France](the Cabinet Cro
Bathing Nymphs, after Giulio Romano, plate 64 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings in France](the Cabinet Cro
Francois I De Poilly
1729
Object number: P1963.4.64/178
Image Not Available for Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, after Raphael, plate 17 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings i
Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, after Raphael, plate 17 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings i
Francois I De Poilly
1729
Object number: P1963.4.17/178
The Encounter of Jacob and Esau, plate 33 from the Liber Genesis
The Encounter of Jacob and Esau, plate 33 from the Liber Genesis
Crispijn de Passe I
1612
Object number: 2002.2138
Joseph Explaining the Dreams of the King, from Liber Genesis
Joseph Explaining the Dreams of the King, from Liber Genesis
Crispijn de Passe I
1612
Object number: 2002.2139
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Johannes Wolfgang Freymann
Crispijn de Passe I
1592
Object number: 2002.2118
The Rich Man Bathing, Tended by Women, plate 2 from Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man, after Maarten de Vos
The Rich Man Bathing, Tended by Women, plate 2 from Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man, after Maarten de Vos
Crispijn de Passe I
1590
Object number: 2002.2135
Three Angels Visiting Abraham, plate 6 from Liber Genesis
Three Angels Visiting Abraham, plate 6 from Liber Genesis
Crispijn de Passe I
1612
Object number: 2002.2136