Fig | A&AePortal

Image details

TitleLaocoön Group

Creator nameDente, Marco

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1522–1525

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions18 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (47.2 x 32.5 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_H-7-58

Accession numberH,7.58

SubjectsClassical antiquities in artNude in artMythology, Classical, in artPrints, Italian--16th century

Related content: Chapters (1) Images (7)

Select a chapter below to view this image within the text.

6. Jacopo Sadoleto's Laocoon

Michael Baxandall

Words for Pictures: Seven Papers on Renaissance Art and Criticism

Behold! from deep mass of earth and from great ruins’
heart, long time has brought returned Laocoon again;
that Laocoon which once in princely halls
had place and dignified, O Titus, your own house …

Author

Michael Baxandall

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.98-116

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00179.008

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-13452&redirecttoanchor=4560

Chapter subject tags:Sadoleto, Jacopo, 1477-1547Laocoön (Legendary character)Description (Rhetoric) in artArt, Renaissance--ItalyArt, Renaissance--Classical influencesRhetoric, Renaissance

Loading Images

Note: Some of the images of artworks presented on this platform were not sourced from the original print publication. However, in order to preserve the scholarly record of the print publication, all original image captions and credit lines have been retained on the platform. Learn more about our image policies.