Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Laocoon

Details

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia
Laocoon
engraving, a delicate impression of this extremely rare print, watermark Cross on Three Mounds (similar to Briquet 11807), lacking the triangular areas at the blank upper corners, trimmed unevenly at the right just into the subject, a made-up area on the boy's chest upper right, two or three other small made-up areas at the edges, some staining, other defects
S. 265 x 237mm.

Literature

Bartsch XIII, 15; Hind 20

Lot Essay

Hind records impressions of this print existing only in London, Paris and Berlin. In his opinion this work is the earliest engraving of this celebrated sculpture, which was discovered in 1506. It represents the sculpture before the right arm of Hercules was restored.

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