P12.C: Head of One of Laocoön's Sons, after the Antique
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P12.C
- People
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Jean-André Getti, French (active early 19th century)
Manufactured by Musée du Louvre Atelier de Moulage
- Title
- Head of One of Laocoön's Sons, after the Antique
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- c. 1803
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/78151
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Plaster
- Dimensions
- 44.5 x 32.5 x 20 cm (17 1/2 x 12 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Musée du Louvre Plaster Workshop. Acquired by Harvard University before 1828
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection
- Accession Year
- 1828
- Object Number
- P12.C
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Ethan Lasser, ed., The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 218-221, Fig. 7b in Oliver Wunsch's "Decay"
Exhibition History
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Verification Level
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