Laocoon
Marco Dente da Ravenna (1493—1527).Engraving on copper plate. 1515—1527.
28.2 × 39.7 cm. Inv. No. 17.50.16-99.New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Laocoon.
Marco Dente da Ravenna (1493—1527).
Engraving on copper plate. 1515—1527.
28.2 × 39.7 cm.
Engraving on copper plate. 1515—1527.
28.2 × 39.7 cm.
Inv. No. 17.50.16-99.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Origin:
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917.
Earls of Pembroke; Sotheby’s Wilton House Sale, July 1917; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
Earls of Pembroke; Sotheby’s Wilton House Sale, July 1917; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
Description:
Lettered on the temple at left: MINERVAE. SACRVM; on the pedestal: PROVT IN. II AENEIDOS / P V / MARONIS followed by intertwined .SR. Numerous fragmented inscriptions on broken tablets: at left of the pedestal H.M.H.N, at far left S / AF / DO / ITAE / I(?), at foreground left SS with a line through both letters and XITA / HO, below the pedestal OSSA.
Literature:
Catalogue Raisonné: B. XIV. 195. 243; Le Blanc. II. 111. 28; TIB. 26. [14] 195. 243; Imolesi Pozzi 7.
Adam von Bartsch Le Peintre graveur. Vienna, 1803, cat. no. XIV. 195. 243, p. 195.
Charles Le Blanc Manuel de l’amateur d’estampes: contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations. 4 vols., Paris, 1854—1888, cat. no. II. 111. 28, pp. 111—112.
TIB The Illustrated Bartsch. Abaris Books, 1978—, cat. no. 26. [14] 195. 243, p. 240.
Antonella Imolesi Pozzi Marco Dente Un incisore ravennate nel segno di Raffaello. Le stampe delle Raccolte Piancastelli. Ravenna, 2008, cat. no. 7, p. 69.
Adam von Bartsch Le Peintre graveur. Vienna, 1803, cat. no. XIV. 195. 243, p. 195.
Charles Le Blanc Manuel de l’amateur d’estampes: contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations. 4 vols., Paris, 1854—
TIB The Illustrated Bartsch. Abaris Books, 1978—
Antonella Imolesi Pozzi Marco Dente Un incisore ravennate nel segno di Raffaello. Le stampe delle Raccolte Piancastelli. Ravenna, 2008, cat. no. 7, p. 69.
Credits:
© 2017. Photo, text: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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