Harvard Art Museums > 8.1955.233: Study from the Antique Sculpture of "Laocoön" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study from the Antique Sculpture of "Laocoön" (Washington Allston) , 8.1955.233,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 09, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/305830. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 8.1955.233 People Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA) Title Study from the Antique Sculpture of "Laocoön" Other Titles Former Title: Son, from the Antique Statue Laocoön Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1801 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305830 Physical Descriptions Medium Black and white chalk on gray wove paper Dimensions 25.2 x 33.5 cm (9 15/16 x 13 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: verso, l.r., paper: 307 Provenance Recorded Ownership History To the artist's wife Martha Dana Allston at his death, 1843; to the Washington Allston Trust, 1862. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from The Washington Allston Trust Object Number 8.1955.233 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. Publication History Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 243, reproduced in b/w fig. 580 William H. Gerdts and Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., "A Man of Genius": The Art of Washington Allston (1779-1843), exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1979), p. 209, fig. 75 Exhibition History Benjamin West and his American Students, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 10/16/1980 - 01/04/1981; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 01/30/1981 - 04/19/1981 Drawing on Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/1994 - 01/29/1995 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
