Harvard Art Museums > R2915: Caricature of the Laocoön Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Caricature of the Laocoön (Nicolò Boldrini)(After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)) , R2915,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/245648. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number R2915 People Nicolò Boldrini, Italian (1510 - after 1566) After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), Italian (Pieve di Cadore, Italy c. 1488 - 1576 Venice, Italy) Title Caricature of the Laocoön Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1540-1545 Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/245648 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper, darkened Technique Woodcut Dimensions block: 29.3 × 42.6 cm (11 9/16 × 16 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, brown ink, not in the same hand at the inscription on the front of the print: This Burlesque of Titians, on the Laocoon, / It is said to have engraved in Wood himself. / It was / done, not in derision of the Antique, but of a copy of that famous...[cut by theright edge of the sheet] / which Baccio Bandinelli executed in 1525; and his countryman / panagyriste the Florentines, vaunted as equalling the original; / notwithstanding Titians degradation of the Figures of this Cap...[cut by the right edge of the sheet] / Apes, the Copy is said to have been a very rough thing, but ple...[cut by the right edge of the sheet] / [a line cut by the lower edge of the sheet gradually emerges because the lines of the inscription slant upwards]...in the very viole...[cut by the right edge of the sheet] inscription: verso, graphite: Randall Coll [underlined] collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite: JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 2915[number on a dotted line] [Lugt 2130] State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Rosand & Muraro 40 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Object Number R2915 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Related Works M21201 Nicolò Boldrini Caricature of the Laocoön Prints G464 Nicolò Boldrini Caricature of the Laocoön Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
