PrintsFrench18th-19th century

Laocoön

18th-19th century

Artists

Charles Clément BervicArtist

Pierre BouillonArtist after

Description

After the antique

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 34.2 × 28 cm (13 7/16 × 11 in.) Plate: 42.5 × 31.9 cm (16 3/4 × 12 9/16 in.) Sheet: 60.5 × 44.2 cm (23 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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