Title(s)

Laocoöngroep in de Vaticaanse Musea te Vaticaanstad
The Laocoon (title on object)

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-26-3

Artist

• photographer: anonymous

Place

Vaticaanse Musea

Dating

c. 1850 - in or before 1860

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 126 mm × width 95 mm

What

• sculpture
• Laocoon and his twin sons are strangled by two serpents during the preparations for a sacrifice

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Daedalus; or, the causes and principles of the excellence of Greek sculpture (RP-F-2001-7-26)