Laocoön, Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, after anonymous, 1809 - 1839

Title(s)

Laocoön (title on object)
Laocoon

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1905-3183

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• watermark

Description

Detail van de Laocoöngroep in de collectie van de Vaticaanse Musea in het Vaticaan.

Artist

• print maker: Mattheus Ignatius van Bree (signed by artist)
• after sculpture by: anonymous

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1809 - 1839

Material

• paper

Technique

lithography

Measurements

height 559 mm × width 437 mm

What

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

Acquisition

purchase 1905

Copyright

Public domain